Portrait of Thomas Young
Date
c.1832
Sitter
Thomas Young (1773 - 1829, British) , Physicist
Creator
Henry Adlard (1799 - 1893, British) , Engraver
After
Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769 - 1830, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 135mm
width (print): 135mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Thomas Young, looking to the right as viewed. Young wears a high collar and cravat, with a coat and waistcoat with a ribbon around his neck.
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.418 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. A footnote to the text quotes Young’s opinion on Isaac Newton’s priority in the invention of fluxions.
Inscribed below: ‘J. Sir Thomas Lawrence P.R.A. Pinxt. Henry Adlard Sc. Thomas Young. London: Longman & Co.’
Thomas Young (1773-1829) British physicist and polymath was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1794.
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.418 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. A footnote to the text quotes Young’s opinion on Isaac Newton’s priority in the invention of fluxions.
Inscribed below: ‘J. Sir Thomas Lawrence P.R.A. Pinxt. Henry Adlard Sc. Thomas Young. London: Longman & Co.’
Thomas Young (1773-1829) British physicist and polymath was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1794.
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