Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.17124

    Portrait of Joseph Moxon

    Date
    1692
    Sitter
    Joseph Moxon (1627, British) , Instrument maker
    Creator
    Frederick-Hendrik van den Hove (1618 - 1698, Dutch) , Engraver
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    v3 p79
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (Plate): 140mm
    width (Plate): 82mm
    Subject
    Description
    Portrait of Joseph Moxon, engraved by Frederick Hendrik van Hove in 1692.

    Joseph Moxon (1627-1691) was a printer specialising in mathematical books and maps, and a mathematical instrument maker. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in November 1678.

    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).
    Related fellows
    Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
    Joseph Moxon (1627 - 1691, British) , Instrument maker
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