Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) mb-code 1619136 by the hand

by the hand

20th March 1963

Punch reports many bookmakers were moved off and some were imprisoned

This relates to the recent Treaty of San Stefano which laid down the terms for peace between Russia and Turkey

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) mb-code 1619136 by the handHead and shoulder portrait of Newton wearing a dark coat and waistcoat, with a white neck cloth. Inscribed below the image 'SIR ISAAC NEWTON DRAWN AND SCRAPED MDCCLX BY JAMES MACARDEL FROM AN ORIGINAL PORTRAIT PAINTED BY ENOCH SEEMAN NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF THOMAS HOLLIS F. R. AND A. S. S.' There follows an extended quotation from Voltaire commencing: 'LES ITALIENS CES PEUPLES' Isaac Newton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672, he served