Manuscripts

[Engraved portrait of Isaac Newton after Sir James Thornhill]

Description

Description Broken into 3 panels: image (26 x 21 cm.); caption (5 x 22 cm.); provenance inscription (11 x 18 cm)

Babson no. BC / J13

Notes Mounted. Inscription reads: I believe this engraving to be rare -it was purchased by me at a village inn by the river side when on a boating excursion down the Cam around 1821. J. Hooper A.B." The printed caption, originally at head of engraving reads in part: "Done from an original p[aint]ing of Sir James Thornhill's in the custody of Rev. Dr. Bentley. Master of Trinity College."

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Date

1800-1821

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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