Portrait of John Wilkins
Date
1691
Sitter
John Wilkins (1614 - 1672, British) , Natural philosopher
Creator
John Sturt (1658 - 1730, British) , Engraver
After
Mary Beale (1633 - 1699, English) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 154mm
width (print): 94mm
width (print): 94mm
Subject
Description
Half-length study of John Wilkins, turned to the right as viewed. The sitter wears ecclesiastical robe, surplice and bands, and has long natural hair. Presented in an oval frame.
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.31 in Weld’s text, which lists the natural philosophers meeting regularly at Gresham College, or at Jonathan Goddard’s lodgings, in London from 1645. John Wilkins heads the list of these academics in creating a prototype of the Royal Society.
Inscribed below: ‘Effigies Reverendi admodum Viri IOHANNIS WILKINS Nuper Episcopi Cestriensis. Sturl Sculp:’
John Wilkins (1614-1672) British theologian and natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1660.
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.31 in Weld’s text, which lists the natural philosophers meeting regularly at Gresham College, or at Jonathan Goddard’s lodgings, in London from 1645. John Wilkins heads the list of these academics in creating a prototype of the Royal Society.
Inscribed below: ‘Effigies Reverendi admodum Viri IOHANNIS WILKINS Nuper Episcopi Cestriensis. Sturl Sculp:’
John Wilkins (1614-1672) British theologian and natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1660.
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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