Later Stuart Portraits Catalogue
Samuel Clarke (1675-1729), Metaphysician
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Theologian and philosopher; Caius College, Cambridge; BA 1695; DD 1710; in the Boyle lectures 1704-05 he elaborated his belief in the compatibility of rationalism and religion; translated Newton’s Opticks into Latin 1706; edited Caesar 1712 and Homer 1729; the ‘bosom friend’ of Newton, correspondent of Leibniz and a favourite of Queen Caroline.
This extended catalogue entry is from the National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, 2009, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Later Stuart Portraits 1685-1714, National Portrait Gallery, 2009, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.