Manuscripts

Group of 3 small intaglio portrait medallions

Description: 1. Tassi, James, 1735-1799. Intaglio bust of Newton, facing left, with long hair. Cut in paste. 2.4 x 2 cm. Formerly belonged to Lady Margaret Huggins, wife of Sir William Huggins.Babson Catalog No. 519.683 2. Wedgwood, Josiah. Intaglio basalt oval medallion portrait of Isaac Newton, Bust with profile facing left, natural hair. Rev. bust of Seneca (4 B.C.?—65 A.D.), profile facing left. 1.9 x 1.6 cm. Approximately 1780-1790 Babson Catalog No. 519.651 3. Wedgwood, Josiah. Small round basalt intaglio head of Isaac Newton, facing left, with falling comet at right. 1.3 cm.Babson Catalog No. 519.701
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1775-1800.
Call number: 4
Provenance: On long term-loan from Babson College's Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton, November 2006.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Fragile. Available with curator approval. May require special handling instructions and extended retrieval and delivery time.

Plaster cast replicas from original Wedgwood molds of eight Newton medallions

Manuscripts

1. Replica of Jean Dassier's silver medal. Ob. Bust to right. "Isaacus Newtonius" . Rev., the tomb of Newton in Westminster Abbey. 4 cm. diameter 2. Bust facing left, with short hair. 4.3 x 3.5 cm. 3. Small head, said to be from ring. 4. Head facing right, short hair, falling comet. 5.3 x 4.5 cm. 5. Replica of John Crocker's silver medal. Ob. Bust to right "Isaacvs Newtonvus" Rev. a seated figure, winged head, holding a tablet with a plan of the solar system. 5.3 cm. 8. Bust facing right, with short hair. Comet falling. Like blue and white jasper piece. 7.5x6 cm. 9. Bust facing right, with short hair. In oval frame. 7.9 x 6.4 cm. Gift of the Wedgwood Pottery and Mrs. Robert D. Chellis, May 1951.

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Collection of medals and coins commemorating Sir Isaac Newton's achievements at the Royal Mint and scientific endeavors.The collection contains various medals, medallions and coins (some in plaster replica) depicting posthumous tributes to Newton issued by the Royal Mint, Wedgwood and other private sources, chiefly between 1730 and 1800. It also includes a plaster replica of a medal honoring William Stukeley (1687-1765), Newton's first biographer, and coinage representing Newton's tenure at the Mint.

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Portrait medallions

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

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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."

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[Hand colored engraved portrait of Charles Home, sixth Earl of Home (d. 1706)]

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Description visible image 15 x 12 cm matted to 29 x 26 cm Babson no. BC/[J]49 Notes Identified on previous frame backing as: Charles, 6th earl of Home and dated 1810. Depicts head-shoulders portrait of man with long wig, facing left. Subject wears armor and a long white cravat.

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Group of 3 small intaglio portrait medallions

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