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.
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)
NPG D3726
by Jacobus Houbraken, published by John & Paul Knapton, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, circa 1740 (1702)
NPG D42883
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)
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by James Macardell, after Enoch Seeman
mezzotint, 1760
NPG D3725
by James Macardell, after Enoch Seeman
mezzotint, 1760
NPG D20304
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
NPG D27323
after John Vanderbank
stipple and line engraving, late 18th to early 19th century
NPG D27326
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
NPG D20106
by William Holl Sr, or by William Holl Jr, after John Vanderbank
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D27328
by John Romney, after John Vanderbank
line engraving, published 1817
NPG D27327
by Edward A. Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, published 1821
NPG D27325
by William Thomas Fry, published by Harding & Lepard, after William Derby, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
stipple engraving, published 1 January 1829 (1720)
NPG D38740
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
NPG D18094
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