| RefNo | S/0047 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Death mask of Newton, Sir Isaac |
| Date | 1727 |
| Description | Wax death mask |
| ObjectName | Sculpture |
| Materials | Wax |
| Dimensions | 8 ins high |
| Notes | Newton display case |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Provenance | Formerly belonged to Louis-Francois Roubiliac, sculpter, from the cast taken after Newton's death, and was purchased and presented to the Society in 1839 by Samuel Hunter Christie FRS. Information taken from " History of the Royal Society" by C R Weld, 1848, Volume IV, pages 446/7
See also Printed Council Minutes, meeting of 15 January 1857, page 379, where the report by Richard Wesmacott is given of the Condition of the mask and the inadvisability of taking copies. |
| Copies | Digital tiff |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8414 | Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician | 1642 - 1727 |