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Image number: RS.9239
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Portrait of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel
Date
17th century
Sitter
Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel (1585 - 1646, British) , Art collector
Creator
Thomas Murray (1663 - 1735, British) , painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (framed canvas): 930mm
width (framed canvas): 815mm
height (canvas): 760mm
width (canvas): 640mm
width (framed canvas): 815mm
height (canvas): 760mm
width (canvas): 640mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Half-length portrait, the sitter’s right side presented to the viewer with Arundel’s bearded face half in shadow. Arundel appears in armour; a white shirt collar shows at his throat.
Transcription
THOMAS HOWARD, EARL OF ARUNDEL, (1586-1646) BY T. MURRAY
Arundel
Earl of Arundel (1586-1646) by T. Murray presented by Isaac Newton
Lord Arundel
Arundel
Earl of Arundel (1586-1646) by T. Murray presented by Isaac Newton
Lord Arundel
Object history
The source of the painting is usually given as a presidential gift of Sir Isaac Newton, for example in The Record of the Royal Society of London (London, Harrison and Sons, 1897), p.175, however, with no date of gift.
The occasion is recorded in the Society’s Journal Book: “The President presented the Society with the picture of Henry Earl of Arundell Collector of the Library call’d the Arundelian, and now in the possession of the Society; He had their humble thanks for the same and the picture was ordered to be hung up in the Library.” Henry Howard (1628-1684) 6th Duke of Norfolk donated what became known as the Norfolk Library. Thomas Howard was its collector. [Royal Society Journal Book Original JBO/12, p.233, meeting of 29 May 1718].
The occasion is recorded in the Society’s Journal Book: “The President presented the Society with the picture of Henry Earl of Arundell Collector of the Library call’d the Arundelian, and now in the possession of the Society; He had their humble thanks for the same and the picture was ordered to be hung up in the Library.” Henry Howard (1628-1684) 6th Duke of Norfolk donated what became known as the Norfolk Library. Thomas Howard was its collector. [Royal Society Journal Book Original JBO/12, p.233, meeting of 29 May 1718].
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