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Isaacus Newton Eq. Aura [mezzotint by John Simon after Thornhill]

Description

Description 37 x 27 cm. mounted on sheet 38 x 29 cm.

No number Notes Similar to copy at Linda Hall Library and Fitzwilliam Museum (http://rsnr.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/66/2/159). Depicts Newton with natural hair facing right, in a dressing gown. Imprint on copy is faded: "Thornhill Eq. pinx. I. Simon fec. Sold by I. Simon in New Street Covt. Garden."

Type
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Date
approximately 1700 to 1725
Call number
mssBabsonArt
Provenance
On long term-loan from Babson College's Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton, November 2006.
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