Sir Isaac Newton
Maker
(artist)
1646-1723
(engraver)
1749-1824
1646-1723
(engraver)
1749-1824
Title
Sir Isaac Newton
Date of Production
1778
Medium
Line engraving
Dimensions
Height: 16.7 cm
Width: 11.6 cm
Width: 11.6 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4622
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Notes
Plate published in The Copper-Plate Magazine in 1778.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper left, black ink: CIneg L37/40/C/21-22.
Stamp: Recto: upper right, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY
Maker's mark: Recto: lower left, printed below image: G. Kneller pinx.t
Maker's mark: Recto: lower right, printed below image: W.m Sharp sculp.t
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: S.r ISAAC NEWTON.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, blue ink: KNELLER
Inscription: Recto: lower left, typed: Copper-Plate Magazine, 1778
Inscription: Recto: lower left, pencil: 1343
Inscription: Recto: lower right, typed: T.O.
Stamp: Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: M
Stamp: Recto: upper right, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY
Maker's mark: Recto: lower left, printed below image: G. Kneller pinx.t
Maker's mark: Recto: lower right, printed below image: W.m Sharp sculp.t
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: S.r ISAAC NEWTON.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, blue ink: KNELLER
Inscription: Recto: lower left, typed: Copper-Plate Magazine, 1778
Inscription: Recto: lower left, pencil: 1343
Inscription: Recto: lower right, typed: T.O.
Stamp: Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: M
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