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Isaacus Newton Equs. Obijt 20 Mar. 1726/7 Aetatis Suae 85
Title
Isaacus Newton Equs. [graphic] : Obijt 20 Mar. 1726/7 Aetatis Suae 85 / J. Vanderbank pinx. Ano. 1726. Pro Martino Folkes Armo. Cui hanc Tabulam D.D. J. Faber.
Edition
[State 1].
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], [between 1726 and 1756]
Physical Description
1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 35 x 25.1 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title engraved below image.
State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
After a painting by Vanderbank, now in the collection of the Royal Society.
Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1874,0808.1176.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Provenance
Borden Sale, American Art Gallery, 17-19 February 1913, lot 812. Rains Galleries, New York, NY, 27 November 1935 (W.D. Breaker sale), lot 688, bought in by Breaker.
Summary
"Portrait, three-quarter length, seated, directed to right, coat with large cuffs and a button fastened at the waist, right hand resting on the arm of the chair, left hand on his knee, with chin-length wavy hair, looking towards and facing front."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
Latin
Added to Catalog
January 10, 2024
References
Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine, no. 2140.33
Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 331, no. 31
Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 1, no. 258, page 401
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Mezzotints - England - London - 1726.
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