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Image number: RS.9412
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Portraits of Isaac Newton and Hans Sloane
Date
1733
Sitter
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753, Irish) , Physician
Hans Sloane (1660 - 1753, Irish) , Physician
Creator
Jacob Smith, Artist
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 196mm
width (print): 338mm
width (print): 338mm
Subject
Description
Portraits of successive Presidents of the Royal Society, approximately circular, constructed from a single spiralling line leading from one portrait to the other. Names of each subject appears within and to the left of each image: "Sr. ISAAC. NEWTON Sr. HANS. SLOANE" With decorative flourishes, inscribed above: "Ecce Gloriae Mathematicarum & Physicarum" and below "Jacob Smith del: et Sculpsit 1733".
Object history
From "Collectanea Newtoniana", by Charles Turnor, 1837. Collected prints, original artwork and manuscripts relating to Sir Isaac Newton.
Volume 1 contains portraits of Sir Isaac Newton, notably watercolour copies of several contemporary works. Also, paintings of houses and objects associated with Newton, with genealogical information and biography. Title page: "Collectanea Newtoniana. Being a selection of the most authentic engraved portraits of Sir Isaac Newton Knt., and other eminent Philosophers Mathematicians and Distinguished Men who were connected with, or whose pursuits bore an affinity to those of that illustrious person from the time of Copernicus to the Death of Newton accompanied with a Memoir of each. Collected arranged and compiled by Charles Turnor F.R.A.S. & F.S.A. Predendary of Lincoln. AD MDCCCXXXVII." Collection and supporting text is presented on leaves with decorative borders. Beneath the title page of volume 1 "Arms painted by Thos Dowse, 39 Upper Charlotte St. Fitzroy Square". There is a dedication page [p.4] addressed to the Royal Society and presenting the volumes.
Volume 1 contains portraits of Sir Isaac Newton, notably watercolour copies of several contemporary works. Also, paintings of houses and objects associated with Newton, with genealogical information and biography. Title page: "Collectanea Newtoniana. Being a selection of the most authentic engraved portraits of Sir Isaac Newton Knt., and other eminent Philosophers Mathematicians and Distinguished Men who were connected with, or whose pursuits bore an affinity to those of that illustrious person from the time of Copernicus to the Death of Newton accompanied with a Memoir of each. Collected arranged and compiled by Charles Turnor F.R.A.S. & F.S.A. Predendary of Lincoln. AD MDCCCXXXVII." Collection and supporting text is presented on leaves with decorative borders. Beneath the title page of volume 1 "Arms painted by Thos Dowse, 39 Upper Charlotte St. Fitzroy Square". There is a dedication page [p.4] addressed to the Royal Society and presenting the volumes.
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