Portrait of William Whewell
Date
1835
Sitter
William Whewell (1794 - 1866, British) , Scholar
Creator
Hannah Sarah Brightwen (1808 - 1882, British) , Printmaker
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 135mm
width (print): 135mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders study of William Whewell, looking directly towards the viewer. Wearing a high collar and tie, coat and waistcoat.
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.54, as Weld’s text quotes Whewell on ‘The progress of all the sciences…’, made more difficult in the turbulent Europe of the 1650s.
Inscribed below: ‘REVD. WM. WHEWELL M.A. F.R.S. &C. &C. E.U. Eddis delt. 1835. Printed by Graf & Soret.’
William Whewell (1794-1866) British academic, college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1820.
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.54, as Weld’s text quotes Whewell on ‘The progress of all the sciences…’, made more difficult in the turbulent Europe of the 1650s.
Inscribed below: ‘REVD. WM. WHEWELL M.A. F.R.S. &C. &C. E.U. Eddis delt. 1835. Printed by Graf & Soret.’
William Whewell (1794-1866) British academic, college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1820.
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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