Portrait of Prince Rupert
Date
mid 17th century
Sitter
Prince Rupert (1619 - 1682, German)
Creator
Peter Aubrey II (1596 - 1666, German) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 140mm
width (print): 110mm
width (print): 110mm
Subject
Description
Half-length study of Prince Rupert, wearing long natural hair. Shown in armour, with a broad lace collar with a floral design and a medallion held by a wide silk ribbon. Rupert is turned to the right as viewed, presented in an oval frame.
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.123, in Weld’s text.
Inscribed below: ‘Illust. & Excellen. Princeps Rupertus Comes pallatinus ad Rhaenum. Peter Aubrey excudit.’
Rupert, Prince and Count Palantine of the Rhine and Duke of Cumberland (1619-1682) Royalist army and naval officer, elected a Royal Fellow of the Royal Society in 1665.
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.123, in Weld’s text.
Inscribed below: ‘Illust. & Excellen. Princeps Rupertus Comes pallatinus ad Rhaenum. Peter Aubrey excudit.’
Rupert, Prince and Count Palantine of the Rhine and Duke of Cumberland (1619-1682) Royalist army and naval officer, elected a Royal Fellow of the Royal Society in 1665.
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.Charles
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
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