Portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham
Date
c.1800
Sitter
Thomas Gresham (1513 - 1579, British) , Merchant
Creator
Joseph Baker (British) , Engraver
After
George Vertue (1684 - 1756, British) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 170mm
width (print): 110mm
width (print): 110mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders study of Sir Thomas Gresham. face and body turned to the right as viewed, looking directly to the viewer. Gresham is bearded and wears a cap and ruff collar. Presented within an oval frame on a pedestal.
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.42-43, as Weld’s text describes the early meetings of philosophers at Gresham College from 1658, and the occupation of the building by soldiers in 1659.
Inscribed below: ‘SIR THOMAS GRESHAM. J. Baker sculp. Islington. From an Engraving by Vertue.’
Sir Thomas Gresham (c.1518-1579) British mercer, merchant adventurer, founder of the Royal Exchange and Gresham College, London.
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.42-43, as Weld’s text describes the early meetings of philosophers at Gresham College from 1658, and the occupation of the building by soldiers in 1659.
Inscribed below: ‘SIR THOMAS GRESHAM. J. Baker sculp. Islington. From an Engraving by Vertue.’
Sir Thomas Gresham (c.1518-1579) British mercer, merchant adventurer, founder of the Royal Exchange and Gresham College, London.
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
Associated place