Portrait of Francis Bacon
Date
1798
Sitter
Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626, British) , Natural philosopher
Creator
John Chapman (British) , Engraver
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 155mm
width (print): 100mm
width (print): 100mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders study of Francis Bacon, in period dress, half-turned to the left as viewed, looking directly to the viewer, in an oval frame. With a vignette below, showing a delegation from the parliamentary committee that presented charges of corruption to Bacon. Bacon is shown seated in an armchair, with a globe by his side.
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 engraving appears at p.32, as Weld’s text quotes from John Wallis’s account of the origins of the Royal Society, citing Francis Bacon.
Inscribed below: ‘FRANCIS LORD BACON. VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS. Lord VERULAM. J. Chapman Sculpsit. London publish’d as the Act directs Feb. 10 1798 by J. Wilkes.’
Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Alban (1561-1626) lord chancellor, politician and philosopher, author of Proficience and advancement of learning divine and human (1605) Novum organum (1620) and other works of scientific methodology.
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 engraving appears at p.32, as Weld’s text quotes from John Wallis’s account of the origins of the Royal Society, citing Francis Bacon.
Inscribed below: ‘FRANCIS LORD BACON. VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS. Lord VERULAM. J. Chapman Sculpsit. London publish’d as the Act directs Feb. 10 1798 by J. Wilkes.’
Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Alban (1561-1626) lord chancellor, politician and philosopher, author of Proficience and advancement of learning divine and human (1605) Novum organum (1620) and other works of scientific methodology.
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's A history of the Royal Society, vol. 1... (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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