Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.17147

    Portrait of John Hadley

    Date
    6 December 1734
    Sitter
    John Hadley (1682 - 1744, British) , Mathematician
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    v4 p171
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (Paper): 135mm
    width (Paper): 104mm
    Subject
    Description
    Drawing in graphite of John Hadley (1682-1744).

    John Hadley was a mathematician and became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1717.

    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).
    Transcription
    T Gibson pinx.

    Simon fecit

    Sold by E. Cooper at the 3 Pigeons in Bedford Street
    Transcribed by the Making Visible project
    Related fellows
    Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
    John Hadley (1682 - 1744, British) , Mathematician
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