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Image number: RS.9414
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Statue of Isaac Newton
Date
1837
Sitter
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
Creator
George E Madeley (1798 - 1858) , Artist
After
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 556mm
width (print): 399mm
width (print): 399mm
Subject
Description
Study of the statue by Louis Francois Roubilliac (1705?-1762) at Trinity College, Cambridge. Inscribed: "NEWTON Lithographed by G.E.Madeley [fl.1830-1854], 3 Wellington St. Strand MDCCCXXXVII from the original drawing by the late I.K.Baldry, Cambridge; in the possession of The Rev. C. Turnor, F.R.A.S. & F.S.A. (to whose family, the house at Woolsthorpe, County of Lincoln, in which Newton was born, belongs.) From the statue by Roubilliac, in the Chapel of Trin.Coll. Cambridge". Inscribed in pencil lower left "C T " [Charles Turnor].
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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