Portrait of Carl Linnaeus
Date
1802
Sitter
Carl Linnaeus (1707 - 1778, Swedish) , Naturalist
Creator
John Chapman (British) , Engraver
After
Alexander Roslin (1718 - 1793, Swedish) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 160mm
width (print): 105mm
width (print): 105mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Carl Linnaeus, presented in an oval, over a vignette of a putto, or cherub, holding floral garlands. Linnaeus wears a wig, with an open coat and waistcoat, showing his shirt and cravat. He is shown wearing the cross of the Order of the Polar Star at his left lapel.
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.466 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed below: ‘Chapman sculp. SIR CHARLES LINNAEUS. Publishes as the Act directs Octr. 16. 1802.Vertue Sc. Ben: Johnson.’.
Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Swedish naturalist, taxonomist and physician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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.466 in volume 4 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed below: ‘Chapman sculp. SIR CHARLES LINNAEUS. Publishes as the Act directs Octr. 16. 1802.Vertue Sc. Ben: Johnson.’.
Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Swedish naturalist, taxonomist and physician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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