Martin Folkes Esq.r F.R.S.
J. Vanderbank pinx.t 1736. J. Faber Fecit 1737.
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
A three-quarter portrait of Martin Folkes (1690-1754), astronomer, leaning on a book, a bust of Isaac Newton behind. An antiquary and natural philosopher, he became a member of the Royal Society at the age of twenty-four. After Sir Isaac Newton's death, Folkes lost out to Hans Sloane in a fiercely contested battle for the presidency, subsequently becoming vice-president. He became president of the Society of Antiquaries in 1750.
CS 133, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68582] £260.00
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
A three-quarter portrait of Martin Folkes (1690-1754), astronomer, leaning on a book, a bust of Isaac Newton behind. An antiquary and natural philosopher, he became a member of the Royal Society at the age of twenty-four. After Sir Isaac Newton's death, Folkes lost out to Hans Sloane in a fiercely contested battle for the presidency, subsequently becoming vice-president. He became president of the Society of Antiquaries in 1750.
CS 133, ii of iii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68582] £260.00