Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.17151

    Portrait of Peter Lely

    Date
    1681-1685
    Sitter
    Peter Lely (1618 - 1680, Dutch) , Portraitist
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    After
    Peter Lely (1618 - 1680, Dutch) , Painter
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    v5 p205
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (page): 350mm
    width (page): 253mm
    Description
    Half-length portrait of Peter Lely in an oval frame, in mezzotint, published by Alexander Browne (1659-1706).

    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
    Associated place
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