Sir Isaac Newton

Sitterback to top

• Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), Mathematical scientist. Sitter associated with 45 portraits.

Artistsback to top

• Edward Hodges Baily (1788-1867), Sculptor and designer and modeller of silver. Artist associated with 16 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
• Louis François Roubiliac (1702-1762), Sculptor. Artist associated with 13 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.

This portraitback to top

This commemorative bust is a copy of an eighteenth-century sculpture. It was commissioned, along with a similar bust of the writer Samuel Johnson, by the collector Robert Vernon, who left them to the nation in 1845.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Ingamells, John, Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, 2009, p. 192
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 458

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Beningbrough Hall
• Sculptures