Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.17113

    Portrait of Charles Scarburgh

    Date
    1710
    Sitter
    Charles Scarburgh (British) , Physician
    Creator
    Michael Vandergucht (1660 - 1725, Flemish) , Engraver
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    v2 p139
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (page): 654mm
    width (page): 485mm
    Description
    Engraving of a half-length portrait of the physician Charles Scarburgh (1616-1694) in an oval frame. Framed with coloured slips of decorative pattern.

    From a set of albums known as Collectanea Newtoniana, a selection of prints, original artwork and manuscripts relating to Newton, collected by Charles Turnor (1768-1853). Turnor was an astronomer, collector and Fellow of the Royal Society. He owned Woolsthorpe Manor (Newton’s birthplace).

    Sir Charles Scarburgh (1616-1694) British Physician was an Original Fellow of the Royal Society, elected in 1663.
    Related fellows
    Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
    Charles Scarburgh (British) , Physician
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