Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) mb-width 4569 Church of St Mary Woolnoth

Church of St Mary Woolnoth from the north

20th September 1973

In the foreground two equestrian gentlemen proceed from the right

In the foreground stone masons can be seen on the right with a horse and cart in the centre and a sedan chair on the left

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) mb-width 4569 Church of St Mary WoolnothOval 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