RefNo | MOB/009 |
Level | Item |
Title | Death mask of Isaac Newton |
Artist | Roubiliac, Louis-Francois |
Date | c.1727 |
Description | Full face death mask of Sir Isaac Newton, taken shortly after his death. |
Extent | 1 sculpture |
ObjectName | Sculpture |
Materials | Wax |
Notes | Currently on loan to the Science Museum - on display in the 'Science City' exhibition |
AccessStatus | Open |
Provenance | Formerly belonged to Louis-Francois Roubiliac, sculpter, from the cast taken after Newton's death. Purchased and presented to the Society in 1839 by Samuel Hunter Christie FRS. Recorded in "History of the Royal Society" by C R Weld, 1848, Volume IV, pages 446/7. |
URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8492 |
https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8493 |
https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8494 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8414 | Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician | 1642 - 1727 |