Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Size:L: 90 x 60cm north London

north London

later King Edward VII

View of the Fleet River near Bagnigge Wells with two cone-shaped chimneys

Illustration accompanying a letter describing Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's microscopical observations of the structure of human and animal teeth

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Size:L: 90 x 60cm north LondonHead and shoulder portrait of Newton wearing a dark coat and waistcoat, with a white neck cloth. Inscribed below the image 'SIR ISAAC NEWTON DRAWN AND SCRAPED MDCCLX BY JAMES MACARDEL FROM AN ORIGINAL PORTRAIT PAINTED BY ENOCH SEEMAN NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF THOMAS HOLLIS F. R. AND A. S. S.' There follows an extended quotation from Voltaire commencing: 'LES ITALIENS CES PEUPLES' Isaac Newton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672, he served