Manuscripts

Martin Fokes Esq. F.R.S. [mezzotint by John Faber, Jr. after John Vanderbank]

Description

Imprint: Sold by I Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.

Description 36 x 26 cm

Notes "J. Vanderbank pinxt. 1736. I Faber fecit 1737" Depicts Martin Folkes (1690-1754), English antiquary with right hand resting on closed book, with bust of Newton over his left shoulder.

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Date

1737

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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Martin Fokes Esq. F.R.S. [mezzotint by John Faber, Jr. after John Vanderbank]

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