Portrait of Leonhard Euler
Date
1787
Sitter
Leonhard Euler (1707 - 1783) , Mathematician
Creator
Thomas Cook (1744 - 1818, British) , Engraver
After
Jakob Emanuel Handmann (1718 - 1781, Swiss) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 165mm
width (print): 105mm
width (print): 105mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Leonard Euler, turned to the right as viewed. Presented in an oval, supported on a pedestal. Above, a circular constellation of six-pointed stars. Below, a vignette of a drawing with globe, telescope, dividers and set square.
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.422 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscription below: ‘LEONHARD EULER. E. Handmann: T. Cook sculp: Published by W. Bent, London 1787.’.
Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) Swiss mathematician and physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1747.
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.422 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscription below: ‘LEONHARD EULER. E. Handmann: T. Cook sculp: Published by W. Bent, London 1787.’.
Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) Swiss mathematician and physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1747.
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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