Portrait of Richard Morton
Date
1692
Sitter
Richard Morton (1632 - 1698, British) , Physician
Creator
B. Orchard (British) , Artist
After
William Elder (British) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 162mm
width (print): 100mm
width (print): 100mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Richard Morton, presented in an oval. The sitter’s body is turned to the right as viewed, looking directly to the viewer. Morton wears an academic gown, with a lace cravat and waistcoat, with a long curled wig.
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 print appears at p.384 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed below: ‘B. Orchard pinx: W. Elder sculp: RICHARDUS MORTON M.D. Colleg: Med: Lond: Soc:’.
Richard Morton (bap.1637, d.1698) British ejected minister and physician was not a Fellow 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 print appears at p.384 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed below: ‘B. Orchard pinx: W. Elder sculp: RICHARDUS MORTON M.D. Colleg: Med: Lond: Soc:’.
Richard Morton (bap.1637, d.1698) British ejected minister and physician was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's A history of the Royal Society, vol. 4... (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