Title

'Sir Isaac Newton', c1700, (early-mid 19th century). Creator: William Thomas Fry.

Caption

'Sir Isaac Newton', c1700, (early-mid 19th century). Portrait of English mathematician and physicist Isaac Newton (1642-1727). Newton's discoveries were prolific and exerted a huge influence on science and thought. His theories of gravity and his three laws of motion were outlined in his greatest work, "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica", (1687) and he is credited with discovering differential calculus. Knighted by Queen Anne in 1705, Newton is buried in Westminster Abbey, London. 'From the original of Kneller, in the collection of The Right Honourable The Earl of Egremont'. [The London Printing and Publishing Company, London]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1800

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D57_058

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

19,9Mb (1,9Mb) / 7,8in x 9,9in / 2344 x 2968 (300dpi)

Keywords

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