Portrait of Isaac Newton
Date
early 19th century
Sitter
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
Creator
Edward Scriven (1775 - 1841, British) , Engraver
After
John Vanderbank (1694 - 1739, British) , Painter
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 135mm
width (print): 135mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Sir Isaac Newton, turned to the right as viewed. Wearing natural hair, an unbuttoned coat and a white cravat.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at the frontispiece to volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed below: ‘SIR ISAAC NEWTON. from the original Picture by Vanderbank in the possession of the Royal Society. Engraved by E. Scriven. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.’
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) British natural philosopher and mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672. He served as President of the Royal Society, 1703-1727.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at the frontispiece to volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History.
Inscribed below: ‘SIR ISAAC NEWTON. from the original Picture by Vanderbank in the possession of the Royal Society. Engraved by E. Scriven. Under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.’
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) British natural philosopher and mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672. He served as President of the Royal Society, 1703-1727.
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's 2 volume A history of the Royal Society... (London, John W. Parker, 1848) grangerized by the writer and collector Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847–1916) into 8 volumes, adding illustrative material and manuscript items to Weld's text. The books were initially owned by Ludwig Mond FRS (1839–1909), and according to an inscription by his son Robert Ludwig Mond FRS (1867–1938) they were intended for presentation to the Society. This eventually happened in late 1959, the donor being the politician Harry Nathan (1889–1963), Lord Nathan of Churt.
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
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