Portrait of Jonathan Swift
Date
1829
Sitter
Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745, British) , Writer
Creator
Joseph John Jenkins (1811 - 1885, British) , Engraver
After
George Vertue (1684 - 1756, British) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 185mm
width (print): 105mm
width (print): 105mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Jonathan Swift, in clerical robes, with wig and bands, head turned to the left as viewed. With a decorative framing device featuring swagging, classical figures, and the paraphernalia of the arts.
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.457 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed below: ‘JONATHAN SWIFT D.D.’ and with a facsimile signature. The print has been cropped, losing the original attribution statement, which read: ‘Engraved by J. Jenkins from a print by G. Vertue. London: Published by Thomas Kellly, 17 Paternoster Row, 1829.’
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) writer and Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, author of Travels into several parts of the World…by Lemuel Gulliver [known as Gulliver’s Travels], 1726, which satirized the natural philosophers of the Royal Society.
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.457 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed below: ‘JONATHAN SWIFT D.D.’ and with a facsimile signature. The print has been cropped, losing the original attribution statement, which read: ‘Engraved by J. Jenkins from a print by G. Vertue. London: Published by Thomas Kellly, 17 Paternoster Row, 1829.’
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) writer and Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, author of Travels into several parts of the World…by Lemuel Gulliver [known as Gulliver’s Travels], 1726, which satirized the natural philosophers of the Royal Society.
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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