Portrait of William Hyde Wollaston
Date
c.1829
Sitter
William Hyde Wollaston (1766 - 1828, British) , Chemist
Creator
James Thomson (1788 - 1850, British) , Engraver
After
John Jackson (1778 - 1831, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 135mm
width (print): 135mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait, body inclined to the left as viewed, the sitter looking towards the viewer. Wollaston wears a buttoned coat and cravat.
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.440 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text notes Wollaston’s donation of a manuscript by Sir Isaac Newton, relating to the South Sea Company.
Inscription below: ‘J. Jackson Esq. R.A. J. Thomson. WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON, M.D., F.R.S.’ With a facsimile signature’.
William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828) British chemist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1793. He served as President of the Royal Society June 1820 to November 1820.
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.440 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text notes Wollaston’s donation of a manuscript by Sir Isaac Newton, relating to the South Sea Company.
Inscription below: ‘J. Jackson Esq. R.A. J. Thomson. WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON, M.D., F.R.S.’ With a facsimile signature’.
William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828) British chemist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1793. He served as President of the Royal Society June 1820 to November 1820.
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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