Sir Isaac Newton
(1642-1727), Mathematical scientistLater Stuart Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 46 portraits
An immensely influential mathematical scientist, in one year (1665-6), when driven from Cambridge by plague, Newton formulated a series of important theories concerning light, colour, calculus and the 'universal law of gravitation'. According to tradition, he developed the latter theory after seeing an apple fall from a tree. He published Principia (1687) and the Opticks (1704), and was knighted in 1705. Newton was President of the Royal Society from 1703 until his death.
Unknown man, formerly known as Sir Isaac Newton
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1670-1680
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studio of Enoch Seeman
oil on canvas, circa 1726-1730
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by Unknown artist
iron cast of death-mask, based on a work of circa 1727
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by Edward Hodges Baily, after Louis François Roubiliac
marble bust, 1828, based on a work of 1751
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by John Simon, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, early 18th century (1702)
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by and published by John Simon, after Sir James Thornhill
mezzotint, circa 1700-1725
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by Jacobus Houbraken, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, (1702)
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by Jacobus Houbraken, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, (1702)
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by Jacobus Houbraken, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, (1702)
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by Jacobus Houbraken, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, (1702)
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by Jacobus Houbraken, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, (1702)
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by and published by John Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1712 (1702)
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'Worthies of Britain' (Sir Isaac Newton; Edmond Halley; Nicholas Saunderson; John Flamsteed)
by Francis Kyte, published by John Bowles
mezzotint, circa 1720-1745
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by John Faber Jr, after John Vanderbank
mezzotint, (1725)
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by John Faber Jr, after John Vanderbank
mezzotint, (1725)
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by John Faber Jr, after John Vanderbank
mezzotint, circa 1726
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by George Vertue, after John Vanderbank
engraving, 1726 (1725)
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by John Faber Jr, published by Martin Folkes, after John Vanderbank
mezzotint, (1726)
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by George Vertue, after John Vanderbank
engraving, published 1726 (1725)
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Monument to Sir Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey
by B. Cole, after William Kent, and after John Michael Rysbrack
line engraving, 1731 or after
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by John Faber Jr, after John Michael Rysbrack
mezzotint, (circa 1733)
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by Jacobus Houbraken, published by John & Paul Knapton, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, circa 1740 (1702)
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by and published by Andrew Miller, published by P. Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1744
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after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, published 1748
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by John Goldar, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, circa 1755-1795 (1702)
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by James Macardell, after Enoch Seeman
mezzotint, 1760
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by James Macardell, after Enoch Seeman
mezzotint, 1760
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after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, late 18th to early 19th century
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after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, late 18th century
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after John Vanderbank
stipple and line engraving, late 18th to early 19th century
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by Unknown artist
half-penny, 1793
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by Unknown artist
half-penny, 1793
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by and published by Burnet Reading, after Sir Peter Lely
line engraving, published January 1799
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by William Holl Sr, or by William Holl Jr, after John Vanderbank
stipple engraving, early 19th century
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by John Romney, after John Vanderbank
line engraving, published 1817
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by Edward A. Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, published 1821
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by William Thomas Fry, published by Harding & Lepard, after William Derby, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
stipple engraving, published 1 January 1829 (1720)
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by George Edward Madeley, after Joshua (or John) Kirby Baldrey, after Louis François Roubiliac
lithograph, 1837 (1751-1755)
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British Philosophers (Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban; John Dalton; Sir Isaac Newton)
after Unknown artist
etching and anaglyptograph, mid 19th century
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by George B. Black, printed by Day & Son, published by Richard Andrew Grove, after William Gandy
lithograph, published 1848 (1706)
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Imaginary portrait of Sir Isaac Newton as a child
by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, published by Henry Graves & Co, and published by William Schaus, after Frederick Newenham
mezzotint, published 6 October 1859
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, published by Moore, McQueen & Co, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
etching and aquatint, published 1 January 1867 (1689)
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by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
etching, circa 1867 (1689)
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by and published by John Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1712 (1702)
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