RefNo | MS/648/1/71 |
Previous numbers | MS 648-653 |
Level | Item |
Title | "Allegorie", a portrait of Sir Isaac Newton, by Laurent Cars (1699-1771) after Francois Boucher William Hoare (1703-1770) |
Date | 1741 |
Description | Head and shoulders portrait of Newton contained within a wider allegorical scene, consisting of four animals: a bull, lobster, lion and ram, with two putti resting on a cloudscape. Above, Newton in an oval frame in front of a pyramid, laurels above his head: behind this, zodiacal signs. Inscribed "F.Boucher invenit et delin: Lau: Cars Sculpsit". Pencilled below "Sr. Isc. Newton".
Keynes, LII-1. Half-title of 'Tombeaux des princes, des grandes capitaines et aurtes hommes illustres qui ont fleuri dans la Grandes-Bretagne vers la fin du XVII', by Owen MacSwinney, (London, 1741). |
Extent | 1 print |
PhysicalDescription | Engraving, on paper |
Dimensions | 170x367mm. |
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 |