Portrait of Isaac Barrow
Date
late 17th century
Sitter
Isaac Barrow (1630 - 1677, British) , Classical and Mathematical Scholar, Mathematician
Creator
David Loggan (1634 - 1692, British) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 145mm
width (print): 90mm
width (print): 90mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders study of Isaac Barrow, looking directly to the viewer, wearing a gown and bands. Presented in an oval frame on a pedestal, with a coat of arms
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.85, as Weld’s text reproduces the list of potential Royal Society Fellows introduced at the first meeting of the organisation, on 28 November 1660. This list included Elias Ashmole.
Inscribed within the oval surround: ‘ISACUS BARROW S.T.P. REG. MATI. ASACRIS COLL. S.S. TRINI. CANTAB. PRAEFEC. NEC NON ACAD. EIUSDEM PROCANC: 1676.’ Inscribed lower left: ‘D. Loggan fecit.’
Isaac Barrow (1630-1677) British mathematician and theologian, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1662.
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.85, as Weld’s text reproduces the list of potential Royal Society Fellows introduced at the first meeting of the organisation, on 28 November 1660. This list included Elias Ashmole.
Inscribed within the oval surround: ‘ISACUS BARROW S.T.P. REG. MATI. ASACRIS COLL. S.S. TRINI. CANTAB. PRAEFEC. NEC NON ACAD. EIUSDEM PROCANC: 1676.’ Inscribed lower left: ‘D. Loggan fecit.’
Isaac Barrow (1630-1677) British mathematician and theologian, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1662.
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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