Portrait of René Descartes
Date
late 18th century
Sitter
René Descartes (1596 - 1650, French) , Philosopher
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Frans Hals (1576 - 1666, Dutch) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 135mm
width (print): 93mm
width (print): 93mm
Subject
Description
Half-length study of René Descartes, turned to the right as viewed, looking directly to the viewer. In an oval frame, on a pedestal.
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.130, in Weld’s text.
Inscribed below: ‘DESCARTES.’
René Descartes (1596-1650) French mathematician, scientist and philosopher.
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.130, in Weld’s text.
Inscribed below: ‘DESCARTES.’
René Descartes (1596-1650) French mathematician, scientist and philosopher.
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