The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

Attribution

| |Related author| | |After 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 | | | | | British, London 1630–1685 London|British, 1561–1626|British, ca. 1635–1713|British, 1620–1684|Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London|British, 1620–1706 Wotton, Surrey

Medium

Etching, only state

Physical dimensions

Sheet (trimmed and inlaid): 8 in. × 6 3/8 in. (20.3 × 16.2 cm) cut within the platemark

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917