RefNo | MS/648/1/111 |
Previous numbers | MS 648-653 |
Level | Item |
Title | Portraits of Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Hans Sloane, by Jacob Smith (fl.1730s) |
Date | 1733 |
Description | Portraits of successive Presidents of the Royal Society, approximately circular, constructed from a single spiralling line leading from one portrait to the other. Names of each subject appears within and to the left of each image: "Sr. ISAAC. NEWTON Sr. HANS. SLOANE" With decorative flourishes, inscribed above: "Ecce Gloriae Mathematicarum & Physicarum" and below "Jacob Smith del: et Sculpsit 1733".
Keynes, LVI-1. |
Extent | 1 print |
PhysicalDescription | Engraving, on paper |
Dimensions | 196x338mm. |
AccessStatus | Open |
Copyright | The Royal Society |
AdminHistory | Collected by Charles Turnor |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA2870 | Turnor; Charles (1768 - 1853) | 1768 - 1853 |