Portrait of James Butler
Date
c.1690s
Sitter
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond (1610 - 1688, British) , Politician
Creator
Michael Vandergucht (1660 - 1725, Flemish) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 170mm
width (print): 110mm
width (print): 110mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders study of James Butler, looking to the right as viewed. The sitter wears a wig, with the robes, chain and insignia of the Order of the Garter. 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.131, as Weld’s text reproduces a letter of 1662 from Viscount Brouncker to Ormond, on the grant of land in Ireland bestowed upon the Royal Society by Charles II.
Inscribed below: ‘’The Illustrious Prince JAMES Duke of Ormond.’ Lower right: ’79 vol.2 626’. Inscribed below: ‘M. Vder Gucht scul.’.
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond (1610-1688) British. lord lieutenant of Ireland, lived in exile with King Charles II.
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.131, as Weld’s text reproduces a letter of 1662 from Viscount Brouncker to Ormond, on the grant of land in Ireland bestowed upon the Royal Society by Charles II.
Inscribed below: ‘’The Illustrious Prince JAMES Duke of Ormond.’ Lower right: ’79 vol.2 626’. Inscribed below: ‘M. Vder Gucht scul.’.
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond (1610-1688) British. lord lieutenant of Ireland, lived in exile with King Charles II.
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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