Collection Online
Sir Isaac Newton
Medium
mezzotint
Measurements
19.5 × 17.9 cm (image) 27.0 × 18.0 cm (plate) 27.8 × 19.6 cm irreg. (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Goodwin i/ii; Chaloner Smith 138 i/ii
Edition
1st of 2 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: SIR ISAAC NEWTON / DRAWN AND SCRAPED MDCCLX BY IAMES MACARDEL FROM AN ORIGINAL PORTRAIT / PAINTED BY ENOCH SEEMAN NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF THOMAS HOLLIS F.R. AND A.SS. / LES ITALIENS CES … (8 lines of French text) … PAR MONS DEVOLTAIRE
Accession Number
1544-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
Subjects (general)
Another Work Portraits
Subjects (specific)
busts (general, figures) mathematicians men (male humans) Newton, Isaac physicists reproductive prints scientists