Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) mb-width 4569 II' and with figure numbers

II' and with figure numbers and key letters

'Simplers'

In the foreground two equestrian gentlemen proceed from the right

The courtyard of the Hour Glass Brewery in Upper Thames Street

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) mb-width 4569 II' and with figure numbersOval head and shoulders portrait of Newton above a pedestal decorated with laurel, a lamp, books and instruments. A pyramid structure is visible behind and below Newton a classical scene [two muses?] within a circular frame. Lower left, 'J. Houbraken sculpsit.' Isaac Newton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672, he served as its President from 1703 to 1727. Original: engraving. ca. 1740s