Portrait of George III
Date
c.1800
Sitter
George III King of Great Britian (1738, British)
Creator
David Loggan (1634 - 1692, British) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 165mm
width (print): 125mm
width (print): 125mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of King George III, wearing a formal coat unbuttoned to show the waistcoat, and bearing the star of the Order of the Garter. The King wears a powdered wig and faces to the left as viewed.
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.84, as Weld’s text notes the destruction of the original Gresham College ‘when…the patron of science, George III, was on the throne’.
Inscribed below: ‘HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE III’.
George III (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and King of Hanover. Royal Patron of the Royal Society, from 1760.
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.84, as Weld’s text notes the destruction of the original Gresham College ‘when…the patron of science, George III, was on the throne’.
Inscribed below: ‘HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE III’.
George III (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and King of Hanover. Royal Patron of the Royal Society, from 1760.
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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