Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Finish:Rolled Inscribed in pencil lower left

Inscribed in pencil lower left 'Born 1785 Elect Died 1856'

22nd August 1138

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Inscribed upper right 'Ic

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Finish:Rolled Inscribed in pencil lower leftMedallion bust of Newton in profile facing the viewer's right. The head is encircled by the motto: 'PRAECLARISSIMUS. ISAACUS. NEWTON. EQUES.'The medallion in within a starry firmament with allegorical figures top and bottom. One putto holds a scroll bearing the legend: 'Ecce Philosophorum Princeps'. A figure carrying scales points to a solar system below the portrait. Inscribed below 'Sold by I. King at the Globe in the Poultry.' Isaac Newton was