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James McArdell (mezzotinter)
Enoch Seeman the younger (after)
Sir Isaac Newton 1760
mezzotint
19.5 × 17.9 cm (image) 27.0 × 18.0 cm (plate) 27.8 × 19.6 cm irreg. (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
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Sir Isaac Newton
1760
Medium
mezzotint
Measurements
19.5 × 17.9 cm (image) 27.0 × 18.0 cm (plate) 27.8 × 19.6 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
Artwork Details
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
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Subjects (general)
Another Work Portraits
Subjects (specific)
busts (general, figures) mathematicians men (male humans) Newton, Isaac physicists reproductive prints scientists