Portrait of Richard Mead
Date
late 18th century
Sitter
Richard Mead (1673 - 1754, British) , Physician
Creator
After
Allan Ramsay (1713 - 1784, Scottish) , Painter
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 180mm
width (print): 105mm
width (print): 105mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Richard Mead, dressed in wig, robes and lace cravat. Looking directly to the viewer, body turned to the right as viewed. Presented in an oval
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.390 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. The text notes Dr. Mead’s service on a committee to procure Crane Court as accommodation for the Royal Society.
The print is inscribed above: ‘Engraved for the Universal Magazine’. Inscribed below: ‘Richard Mead M.D. For J. Hinton at the King’s Arms in Newgate Street.’.
Richard Mead (1673-1754) British physician and collector of books and art, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703.
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.390 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. The text notes Dr. Mead’s service on a committee to procure Crane Court as accommodation for the Royal Society.
The print is inscribed above: ‘Engraved for the Universal Magazine’. Inscribed below: ‘Richard Mead M.D. For J. Hinton at the King’s Arms in Newgate Street.’.
Richard Mead (1673-1754) British physician and collector of books and art, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703.
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
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