Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), Mathematical scientist
Sitter associated with 45 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
NPG 1570
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1702
On display in Room 8 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2881
studio of Enoch Seeman
oil on canvas, circa 1726
NPG 558
possibly after John Michael Rysbrack
iron cast of death-mask, after 1727
NPG 2081
by Edward Hodges Baily, after Louis François Roubiliac
marble bust, 1828 (1751)
On display at Beningbrough Hall
NPG 995
by John Simon, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, early 18th century (1702)
NPG D5719
by and published by John Simon, after Sir James Thornhill
mezzotint, circa 1700-1725
NPG D19639
by Jacobus Houbraken, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, (1702)
NPG D30979
by Jacobus Houbraken, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, (1702)
NPG D19601
by and published by John Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1712 (1702)
NPG D11505
'Worthies of Britain' (Sir Isaac Newton; Edmond Halley; Nicholas Saunderson; John Flamsteed)
by Francis Kyte, published by John Bowles
mezzotint, circa 1720-1745
NPG D20158
by John Faber Jr, after John Vanderbank
mezzotint, (1725)
NPG D27324
by John Faber Jr, after John Vanderbank
mezzotint, (1725)
NPG D5748
by John Faber Jr, after John Vanderbank
mezzotint, circa 1726
NPG D27329
by George Vertue, after John Vanderbank
engraving, 1726 (1725)
NPG D18163
Monument to Sir Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey
by B. Cole, after William Kent, and after John Michael Rysbrack
line engraving, 1731 or after
NPG D13121
by John Faber Jr, after John Michael Rysbrack
mezzotint, (circa 1733)
NPG D3726
by and published by Andrew Miller, published by P. Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1744
NPG D20152
after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, published 1748
NPG D27322
by John Goldar, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, circa 1755-1795 (1702)
NPG D7655
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Woolsthorpe Manor, Woolsthorpe-by-Closterworth, Nr Grantham, Lincolnshire
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