Portrait of Alexander Monro, primus
Date
1786
Sitter
Alexander Monro (1697 - 1767, British) , Surgeon
Creator
Thomas Cook (1744 - 1818, British) , Engraver
After
Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784, Scottish) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 163mm
width (print): 93mm
width (print): 93mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Alexander Monro, dressed in wig, academic robes over a coat and cravat. Looking directly to the viewer, body turned to the left as viewed. Presented in an oval, supported 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 print appears at p.387 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
The print is inscribed: ‘ALEXANDER MONRO M.D. F.R.S. A. Ramsay, pinx. t.Cook sculpt. Published by W. Bent, London, 1786.’.
Alexander Monro, primus (1697-1767) British surgeon and anatomist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1723.
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.387 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
The print is inscribed: ‘ALEXANDER MONRO M.D. F.R.S. A. Ramsay, pinx. t.Cook sculpt. Published by W. Bent, London, 1786.’.
Alexander Monro, primus (1697-1767) British surgeon and anatomist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1723.
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