Portrait of William Whiston
Date
1720
Sitter
William Whiston (1667 - 1752) , Natural philosopher
Creator
George Vertue (1684 - 1756, British) , Engraver
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Dimensions
height (print): 190mm
width (print): 150mm
width (print): 150mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of William Whiston, turned to the right [as viewed], looking directly out at the viewer with one hand raised as if in instruction and the other holding a book. In an ornate frame, with a plaque below.
Inscribed below: G. Vertue Sculpsit 1720
The Rev:nd WILLIAM WHISTON MA.
Sometime Professor of the Mathematicsk in y.e University of Cambridge Nat. Decemb. 9 A.D. 1669 […]’
Engraving from MS/648/5 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
William Whiston (1667–1752), British natural philosopher and theologian, was a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Inscribed below: G. Vertue Sculpsit 1720
The Rev:nd WILLIAM WHISTON MA.
Sometime Professor of the Mathematicsk in y.e University of Cambridge Nat. Decemb. 9 A.D. 1669 […]’
Engraving from MS/648/5 Collectanea Newtoniana. A collection of prints and original artworks relating to Sir Isaac Newton, compiled and arranged by Charles Turnor, 1837.
William Whiston (1667–1752), British natural philosopher and theologian, was a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Object history
Charles Turnor presented his Collectanea Newtoniana. Being a selection of the most authentic engraved portraits of Sir Isaac Newton Knt., and other eminent Philosophers Mathematicians and Distinguished Men … to the Royal Society in 1837.
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