Portrait of Thomas Wolsey
Date
early 19th century
Sitter
Thomas Wolsey (1465 - 1530, British) , Minister
Creator
William Holl (1771 - 1838, British) , Engraver
After
Hans Holbein the younger (1497 - 1543, German) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 65mm
width (print): 50mm
width (print): 50mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders study of Cardinal Wolsey, in profile, looking to the left as viewed. Wearing a cardinal’s robes and biretta hat. 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.74, as Weld’s text relates how Thomas Linacre (c.1640-1524) brought a scheme for a College of Physicians before Cardinal Wolsey, who approved it.
Inscribed below: ‘Holl sculp.’
Thomas Wolsey (1470/71-1530) British royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal.
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.74, as Weld’s text relates how Thomas Linacre (c.1640-1524) brought a scheme for a College of Physicians before Cardinal Wolsey, who approved it.
Inscribed below: ‘Holl sculp.’
Thomas Wolsey (1470/71-1530) British royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal.
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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