Portrait of William Harvey
Date
early 19th century
Sitter
William Harvey (1578 - 1657, British) , Physician
Creator
Edward Scriven (1775 - 1841, British) , Engraver
After
Peter Lely (1618 - 1680, Dutch) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 152mm
width (print): 95mm
height (print): 152mm
width (print): 95mm
width (print): 95mm
height (print): 152mm
width (print): 95mm
Subject
Description
Half-length study of William Harvey, wearing a dark gown and skullcap, with a white shirt collar. The sitter is turned to the left as viewed, regarding the viewer.
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.78, as Weld’s text provides a brief biography of William Harvey and outlines his experiments on blood circulation.
Inscribed below: ‘W. HARVEY M.D. From the original picture by C. Jansen in the possession of the Royal Society. Engraved by E. Scriven. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.’
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.78, as Weld’s text provides a brief biography of William Harvey and outlines his experiments on blood circulation.
Inscribed below: ‘W. HARVEY M.D. From the original picture by C. Jansen in the possession of the Royal Society. Engraved by E. Scriven. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.’
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
Associated place