Portrait of Charles II
Date
1757
Sitter
Charles II (1630 - 1685, British)
Creator
Thomas Chambars (1719 - 1789, British) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 105mm
width (print): 100mm
width (print): 100mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders study of Charles II, face turned to the left as viewed, looking directly to the viewer. 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.55, as Weld’s text gives an account of the Restoration of the monarchy, ‘favourable to the establishment of a Philosophical Society’. The print was an illustration for A complete history of England (1757-1765) by Tobias Smollett.
Inscribed below: ‘CHARLES II. Chambars sculp.’
Charles II (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Royal patron and founder of the Royal Society.
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.55, as Weld’s text gives an account of the Restoration of the monarchy, ‘favourable to the establishment of a Philosophical Society’. The print was an illustration for A complete history of England (1757-1765) by Tobias Smollett.
Inscribed below: ‘CHARLES II. Chambars sculp.’
Charles II (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Royal patron and founder of the Royal Society.
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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