Statue of Isaac Newton
Date
1845
Sitter
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
Creator - Organisation
Leighton Brothers, Engraver
After
Louis François Roubiliac (1695 - 1762, French) , Sculptor
Object type
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Material
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Subject
Content object
Description
View of the statue of Isaac Newton in Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge designed by Roubiliac. The statue shows Newton in academic robes, holding a prism. A child is seen behind the statue, sitting on a wooden pew. Three memorials can be seen on the walls, above wooden panelling.
Inscribed below: ‘LEIGHTON, BROS’ ‘STATUE OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON AT CAMBRIDGE.’
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672, he served as its President from 1703 to 1727.
Inscribed below: ‘LEIGHTON, BROS’ ‘STATUE OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON AT CAMBRIDGE.’
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British natural philosopher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672, he served as its President from 1703 to 1727.
Object history
Illustration originally produced for 'Old England: a Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Municipal, Baronial, and Popular Antiquities', by Charles Knight. ( London: C. Knight & Co., 1845)