Portrait of Charles II
Date
1661
Sitter
Charles II (1630 - 1685, British)
Creator
Jan Veenhuysen (1626 - 1685, Dutch) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 110mm
width (print): 66mm
width (print): 66mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Decorative frontispiece to Britannia magna, by Rutger Hermannides (Amsterdam, G. J. Valckenier, 1661). The design includes two figures gesturing towards a landscape view of London, with London Bridge. Below, the figure of Neptune, with fishes and bales. Above, a portrait of King Charles II within an oval and with garlands or swags of fruit and flowers on each side.
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.136, as Weld’s text gives an account of the Restoration entry of Charles II into London; and in July 1660, his conferring the Royal touch for scrofula, or ‘the King’s evil’, with John Evelyn’s description of the ceremony.
Inscribed around the portrait: ‘CAROLUS MAGNAE BRITANNIAE REX’. Inscribed upper right: ‘J. veen Huysen fect.’ With imprint details of the original publication.
Charles II (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Royal patron and founder of the Royal Society.
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.136, as Weld’s text gives an account of the Restoration entry of Charles II into London; and in July 1660, his conferring the Royal touch for scrofula, or ‘the King’s evil’, with John Evelyn’s description of the ceremony.
Inscribed around the portrait: ‘CAROLUS MAGNAE BRITANNIAE REX’. Inscribed upper right: ‘J. veen Huysen fect.’ With imprint details of the original publication.
Charles II (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Royal patron and founder of the Royal Society.
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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