Portrait of Isaac Newton
Date
1818
Sitter
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
Creator
R. Page (British) , Engraver
After
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 165mm
width (print): 133mm
width (print): 133mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Sir Isaac Newton, wearing a long, curled wig and loose robe over a white shirt, the collar open. Presented in an oval frame. Below, a vignette showing a seated muse pointing at a globe and holding a book. An open volume appears on a stone sarcophagus, behind.
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 p.232 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. The text refers to Seth Ward proposing Newton as a candidate for Fellowship of the Royal Society.
Inscribed below, as a facsimile signature, ‘Isaac Newton’. Also inscribed ‘Engraved by R. Page for the Encyclopaedia Londinensis. 1818.’
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 p.232 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. The text refers to Seth Ward proposing Newton as a candidate for Fellowship of the Royal Society.
Inscribed below, as a facsimile signature, ‘Isaac Newton’. Also inscribed ‘Engraved by R. Page for the Encyclopaedia Londinensis. 1818.’
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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