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Jacob Houbraken (engraver)
Hubert-François Gravelot (engraver and draughtsman)
Godfrey Kneller (after)
Sir Isaac Newton (1738-1742)
engraving and etching
35.5 × 22.0 cm (image) 36.9 × 23.3 cm (plate) 53.0 × 38.6 cm irreg. (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
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Jacob HOUBRAKEN (engraver), Hubert-François GRAVELOT (engraver and draughtsman), Godfrey KNELLER (after)
Sir Isaac Newton
(1738-1742)
illustration from The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain by Thomas Birch, published by John and Paul Knapton, London, 1743–52
Medium
engraving and etching
Measurements
35.5 × 22.0 cm (image) 36.9 × 23.3 cm (plate) 53.0 × 38.6 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hind p. 154; IFF 568 (Gravelot)
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Sr. (. under r) ISAAC NEWTON
printed in ink l.l.: J. Houbraken sculpsit.
printed in ink l.c.: In the Possesion of John Conduit Esqr. (. under r)
printed in ink l.r.: G. Kneller pinx
Accession Number
1278.240-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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