Portrait of Jeremy Collier
Date
1701
Sitter
Jeremy Collier (1650 - 1726, British)
Creator
Robert White (1645 - 1703, British) , Engraver
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 135mm
width (print): 135mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Jeremy Collier, wearing a wig, gown and bands. Turned to the right as viewed. Presented in an oval, decorated with acanthus leaves and supported on a pedestal, with an armorial badge.
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.399 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 has been cropped, with the title and date missing. Inscribed lower right: ‘R, White sculp’ [..sit 1701]. The original title read: ‘JEREMY COLLIER A.M.’; part of this is pasted to the reverse of the print.
Jeremy Collier (1650-1726) British nonjuring Church of England Bishop, and pamphleteer against profanity in English theatre.
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.399 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 has been cropped, with the title and date missing. Inscribed lower right: ‘R, White sculp’ [..sit 1701]. The original title read: ‘JEREMY COLLIER A.M.’; part of this is pasted to the reverse of the print.
Jeremy Collier (1650-1726) British nonjuring Church of England Bishop, and pamphleteer against profanity in English theatre.
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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