Sir Kenelm Digby Portrait Print

Sir Kenelm Digby NPG D35183

by Jacobus Houbraken, published by John & Paul Knapton, after Sir Anthony van Dyck

A founding fellow of the Royal Society, Digby was a Royalist who served as Chancellor to Queen Henrietta Maria. Due to his social position he was invited to write the Society's first authorised publication, A Discourse Concerning the Vegetation of Plants (1661). However, he began to fall out of step with the approach to scientific enquiry that the Society hoped to promote. His interests lay in alchemy, the attempt to turn base metals into gold, and a 'sympathetic powder', which he claimed could heal a... more

Extra small 102mm x 153mm £6.00

Small 297mm x 210mm £15.00

Medium 483mm x 329mm £30.00

Large 590mm x 432mm £45.00

Extra large: 840mm x 612mm £75.00

Medium Canvas Shortest edge 297mm £35.00

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border, on the paper of your choice. Please note that dimensions listed above are for the paper size only.

The Photo paper has a semi-gloss finish, ideally suited to reproductions of photographs, while the Art paper has a matt textured surface that works particularly well for reproductions of drawings, etchings and some paintings.

If selecting a frame for Photo paper small or medium, please note that the frame is black, made from solid sustainable wood in the UK, and the dimensions are:

Small: Depth 23mm / Height 332mm / Width 245mm

Medium: Depth 23mm / Height 517mm / Width 362mm