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Image number: RS.9255
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Portrait of Isaac Newton
Date
1727
Sitter
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
Creator
John Vanderbank (1694 - 1739, British) , painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 1270mm
width (painting): 1016mm
width (painting): 1016mm
Subject
Description
Three-quarter length portrait of Isaac Newton, wearing a wig and seated in a high-backed green chair with scrolled wooden arms. The sitter is looking away from a tan calf-bound book held upon his knee in a reading position. Newton is dressed in a loose olive-coloured robe, with white neck-cloth and shirt cuffs. An ouroboros [a snake holding its own tail in its mouth] can be seen to the right of the picture.
Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), British natural philosopher and mathematician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672, and served as its President from 1703 to 1727.
Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), British natural philosopher and mathematician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672, and served as its President from 1703 to 1727.
Transcription
J.Vanderbank. Fecit. 1726
EQUES. ISAACUS NEWTON. ANNO ARETATIS. LXXXV A.C. M.DCC.XXVI
SIR ISAAC NEWTON (1642-1727) PRESIDENT 1703-27 By VAN DER BANCK
R.Society July 4th ’88 Frame 4
Isaac Newton
EQUES. ISAACUS NEWTON. ANNO ARETATIS. LXXXV A.C. M.DCC.XXVI
SIR ISAAC NEWTON (1642-1727) PRESIDENT 1703-27 By VAN DER BANCK
R.Society July 4th ’88 Frame 4
Isaac Newton
Object history
Martin Folkes presented pictures of himself (by Hogarth) and Francis Bacon, in addition to this work.
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