Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.11205

    Portrait of Isaac Newton

    Date
    18th century
    Sitter
    Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
    After
    John Vanderbank (1694 - 1739, British) , Painter
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 217mm
    width (print): 132mm
    Subject
    Description
    Three quarter length portrait of Isaac Newton, seated and turned to the left in semi-profile.

    Inscribed 'SIR ISAAC NEWTON, London, Published by Hodgson Co. 10 Newgate Street'.

    Sir Isaac Newton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672, he served as its President from 1703 to 1727.

    Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.55

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