Portrait of Thomas Lediard
Date
1735
Sitter
Thomas Lediard (1685 - 1743) , Author
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Thomas Lediard (1685 - 1743) , Draughtsman
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 310mm
width (print): 200mm
width (print): 200mm
Content object
Description
Self-portrait of Thomas Lediard within an oval frame, originally published as the frontispiece to his ‘The Naval History of England’. Lediard is shown in a long wig and courtly attire with his right hand on his hip and his left hand reaching out of the frame to rest on his coat of arms. The portrait is surrounded by allegorical scenes of different subjects including ‘Arithmetica’, ‘Astronomia’ and ‘Geometria’. At the bottom of the print a female figure with a head band inscribed ‘Ars Nautica’ is seen drawing a map of Georgia and leaning on a copy of Lediard’s book.
Inscribed below: ‘T. Lediard invent.’ ‘THOMAS LEDIARD’ ‘Linguarum Occidentatium Professor/S.R.M. Magn: Brit: in Germ: Inf. Legati extra Ordinem nuper. q3. Secratarius Anno 1735.’
Thomas Lediard (1685-1743), British author and surveyor, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1742.
Inscribed below: ‘T. Lediard invent.’ ‘THOMAS LEDIARD’ ‘Linguarum Occidentatium Professor/S.R.M. Magn: Brit: in Germ: Inf. Legati extra Ordinem nuper. q3. Secratarius Anno 1735.’
Thomas Lediard (1685-1743), British author and surveyor, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1742.