Portrait of Samuel Chandler
Date
1786
Sitter
Samuel Chandler (1693 - 1766, British) , Theologian
Creator
Thomas Cook (1744 - 1818, British) , Engraver
After
Mason Chamberlin (1722 - 1787, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 165mm
width (print): 100mm
width (print): 100mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Samuel Chandler, wearing a wig, gown and bands. Turned to the left 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.404 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscription below: ‘SAMUEL CHANDLER F.R. & A.S. T. Chamberlin pinx. T. Cook sculp. Published March 6, 1786, by W. Bent.’.
Samuel Chandler (1693-1766) British Dissenting Minister and theologian, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1754.
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.404 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscription below: ‘SAMUEL CHANDLER F.R. & A.S. T. Chamberlin pinx. T. Cook sculp. Published March 6, 1786, by W. Bent.’.
Samuel Chandler (1693-1766) British Dissenting Minister and theologian, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1754.
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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