Portrait of William Harvey
Date
mid 18th century
Sitter
William Harvey (1578 - 1657, British) , Physician
Creator
After
Wilhelm von Bemmel (1630 - 1708, Dutch) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 180mm
width (print): 110mm
width (print): 110mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders study of William Harvey, wearing a dark coat and white collar with ties. Turned to the left as viewed, within an oval frame. The surrounding design contains books, poppies, a caduceus rendered in a natural style, with staff and snake, and a blood vessel table.
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 print appears at p.77, as Weld’s text provides a brief biography of William Harvey and outlines his experiments on blood circulation.
Inscribed above: ‘Engraved for the Universal Magazine.’ Inscribed within the oval frame: ‘WILLIAM HARVEY M.D.’ Inscribed below: ‘For J. Hinton at the King’s Arms in Newgate Street.’
William Harvey (1578-1657) British physician and discoverer of the circulation of the blood.
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 print appears at p.77, as Weld’s text provides a brief biography of William Harvey and outlines his experiments on blood circulation.
Inscribed above: ‘Engraved for the Universal Magazine.’ Inscribed within the oval frame: ‘WILLIAM HARVEY M.D.’ Inscribed below: ‘For J. Hinton at the King’s Arms in Newgate Street.’
William Harvey (1578-1657) British physician and discoverer of the circulation of the blood.
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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