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Image number: RS.9420
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Woolsthorpe Manor
Date
1832
Creator
William Watkins (British) , Artist
After
John Nicholas Rhodes (1809 - 1842, British) , Painter
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 152mm
width (print): 200mm
width (print): 200mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape view of Sir Isaac Newton's birthplace in Lincolnshire, in trees and with two sheep in the foreground. Inscribed above "Engraved for the History of Lincolnshire" [eg Thomas Allen's "The History of the County of Lincoln, from the earliest period...Embellished by numerous views" (London & Lincoln , 1834) ]. Inscribed below: "WOLSTHORPE. THE HOUSE IN WHICH SIR ISAAC NEWTON WAS BORN, To C.Babbage Esq. this Plate is respectfully inscribed by the author. J N Rhodes Delt. W Watkins [fl.1809-1842] Scult. LONDON PUBLISHED 1832".
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.
Associated place