Portrait of Voltaire
Date
19th century
Sitter
Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694 - 1778, French) , Writer
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 46mm
width (print): 46mm
width (print): 46mm
Subject
Description
Profile portrait of the older Voltaire, facing right. Wearing a wig and coat. Presented in a circular surround.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.372 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. The text notes Voltaire’s comments on the relationship between Sir Isaac Newton, his niece Catherine Conduit. and Lord Halifax.
Inscribed: ‘AROUET DE VOLTAIRE’.
Francois-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer and philosopher of the Enlightenment.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.372 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. The text notes Voltaire’s comments on the relationship between Sir Isaac Newton, his niece Catherine Conduit. and Lord Halifax.
Inscribed: ‘AROUET DE VOLTAIRE’.
Francois-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer and philosopher of the Enlightenment.
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's A history of the Royal Society, vol. 3... (London, John W. Parker, 1848) grangerized by the writer and collector Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847–1916) into 8 volumes, adding illustrative material and manuscript items to Weld's text. The books were initially owned by Ludwig Mond FRS (1839–1909), and according to an inscription by his son Robert Ludwig Mond FRS (1867–1938) they were intended for presentation to the Society. This eventually happened in late 1959, the donor being the politician Harry Nathan (1889–1963), Lord Nathan of Churt.
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
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