Portrait of Edward Hyde
Date
2007
Sitter
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609 - 1674, British)
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 145mm
width (print): 105mm
width (print): 105mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders study of Edward Hyde, turned to the right as viewed. The sitter wears a broad lace collar and robes. Within an oval frame: below, the bag containing the Great Seal of England, referring to his office as Lord Chancellor, and a royal mace.
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.122, as Weld’s text notes that at the Royal Society’s first Charter was granted in 1662: and Thomas Sprat’s thanks to those who promoted and aided in gaining the Society’s legal status, including Clarendon as Chancellor.
Inscribed within the oval surround: ‘EDWARD EARL OF CLARENDON’.
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674) British politician and historian, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1665.
Digital photograph of an engraved depiction of Edward Hyde.
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.122, as Weld’s text notes that at the Royal Society’s first Charter was granted in 1662: and Thomas Sprat’s thanks to those who promoted and aided in gaining the Society’s legal status, including Clarendon as Chancellor.
Inscribed within the oval surround: ‘EDWARD EARL OF CLARENDON’.
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674) British politician and historian, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1665.
Digital photograph of an engraved depiction of Edward Hyde.
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.
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