Nearly full-length, seated in a big armchair; turned to the right,
but facing in front. He leans his right arm on the chair; his left
is turning over the leaves of a book on a table in front of him. He
wears a large full-bottomed wig. This picture has been engraved by
Baron several times.
Boyle, the famous chemist and experimental philosopher, was the
seventh son of the first Lord Cork, and from him received a fortune
of _£_3,000 a year, which he devoted in a great measure to
scientific research and the promotion of the Christian religion. He
was never married, being of opinion that "a man must have very low
and narrow thoughts of happiness or misery who can expect either
from a woman's conduct." For his life, see his _Philaretus_.
Frederic Kerseboom was a native of Germany, who worked at Paris and
Rome under Le Brun and Poussin. He was in England during William
III.'s reign, and painted a few indifferent portraits.