Portrait of Robert Molesworth
Date
1721
Sitter
Robert Molesworth (1656 - 1725, British) , Politician
Creator
Peter Pelham (American) , Engraver
After
Thomas Gibson (1680 - 1751, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 295mm
width (print): 150mm
width (print): 150mm
Description
Half-length portrait of Robert Molesworth within an oval frame. He is shown in satin jacket, long cravat and wearing a long wig.
Inscribed below: ‘The Right Honble. Robert Lord Viscount Molesworth’ ‘_Hi Mores haec duri immota CATONIS / Secta fuis, servare Modum, Finemque tueri, / Naturamque sequi, Patriaeque impendere Vitam, / Nec sibi sed toti gentium se credere Mundo. / Lucan.’ ‘These CATO’S Manners, this his Sect sever / Extreme t’ avoid of th’ End to take a care, / NATURE his Guide for th’ Lans his life to give, / Nor for Himself, but all Mankind to live.’ ‘T. Gibson pinxit.’ ‘P. Pelham fec. 1721.’ ‘Sold by E. Cooper at the three pigeons in Bedford Street.’
Inscribed beneath coat of arms: ‘VINCIT / AMOR / PATRIÆ’ ‘cum privilegio Regis.’
Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth (1656-1725), British politician and writer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1698.
Inscribed below: ‘The Right Honble. Robert Lord Viscount Molesworth’ ‘_Hi Mores haec duri immota CATONIS / Secta fuis, servare Modum, Finemque tueri, / Naturamque sequi, Patriaeque impendere Vitam, / Nec sibi sed toti gentium se credere Mundo. / Lucan.’ ‘These CATO’S Manners, this his Sect sever / Extreme t’ avoid of th’ End to take a care, / NATURE his Guide for th’ Lans his life to give, / Nor for Himself, but all Mankind to live.’ ‘T. Gibson pinxit.’ ‘P. Pelham fec. 1721.’ ‘Sold by E. Cooper at the three pigeons in Bedford Street.’
Inscribed beneath coat of arms: ‘VINCIT / AMOR / PATRIÆ’ ‘cum privilegio Regis.’
Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth (1656-1725), British politician and writer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1698.