Portrait of Roger Long
Date
1786
Sitter
Roger Long (1680 - 1770, British) , Astronomer
Creator
Thomas Cook (1744 - 1818, British) , Engraver
After
Benjamin Wilson (1721 - 1788, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 164mm
width (print): 100mm
width (print): 100mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Roger Long, wearing a wig, academic gown and bands. 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.398 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld notes the discharge of a debt due to Mr. Collier from the Royal Society.
The print is inscribed: ROGER LONG, D.D. F.R.S. B. Wilson, pinx. T. Cook, sculp. Published by W. Bent, London, 1786.
Roger Long (1680-1770) British astronomer, as elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729.
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.398 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld notes the discharge of a debt due to Mr. Collier from the Royal Society.
The print is inscribed: ROGER LONG, D.D. F.R.S. B. Wilson, pinx. T. Cook, sculp. Published by W. Bent, London, 1786.
Roger Long (1680-1770) British astronomer, as elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729.
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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