Frontispiece from Thomas Sprat's "The History of the Royal Society of London"
Charles II, King of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales|Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans|Thomas Sprat|William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker|Wenceslaus Hollar|John Evelyn
1667 · Etching, only state · Drawings and Prints
Bust portrait of Charles II on a low column being crowned by an angel with figures at left and right within an open vaulted interior. Fame crowns the bust with a wreath, Bacon is seated at right holding his chancellor's bag, William Brouncker points to the inscription on the pedestal; there are books and scientific instruments on the walls in the background, with arms of the society above; landscape and country house seen through arch in the background, with man looking through telescope suspended from a tall pole; frontispiece to Thomas Sprat, "The History of the Royal Society of London."
- Artist
- Charles II, King of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales|Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans|Thomas Sprat|William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker|Wenceslaus Hollar|John Evelyn
- Date
- 1667
- Medium
- Etching, only state
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
