Portrait of Nicholas Saunderson
Date
mid 18th century
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Nicholas Saunderson (1682 - 1739, British) , Mathematician
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
John Vanderbank (1694 - 1739, British) , Artist
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Half-length portrait of Nicholas Saunderson, turned to the right [as viewed], holding armillary sphere. With long, curled wig, dark robe and white necktie. From a portrait by John Vanderbank.
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.
Nicholas Saunderson (1683 – 1739), British mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718.
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.
Nicholas Saunderson (1683 – 1739), British mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718.
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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