Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) mb-width 4569 20th September 1973

20th September 1973

The Bluebird CN7 at Lake Eyre

II' and with figure numbers and key letters

The courtyard of the Hour Glass Brewery in Upper Thames Street

Referred to in the text as 'The Entellus monkey'

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) mb-width 4569 20th September 1973Oval 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