Portrait of George Edwards
Date
early 19th century
Sitter
George Edwards (1694 - 1773, British) , Ornithologist
Creator
James Tookey, Engraver
After
Isaac Gosset (1713 - 1799, British) , Sculptor
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 155mm
width (print): 105mm
width (print): 105mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of George Edwards, in profile. Edwards is shown bare-headed, wearing a loose robe and shirt, open at the neck. 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.411 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed below: ‘J. Tookey, sculpt. GEORGE EDWARDS, F.R.S.’.
George Edwards (1694-1773) British ornithologist and artist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1757.
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.411 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed below: ‘J. Tookey, sculpt. GEORGE EDWARDS, F.R.S.’.
George Edwards (1694-1773) British ornithologist and artist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1757.
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