Book Id: 46679 Colored engraved portrait of Newton. Isaac Newton, William Jeans.

Colored engraved portrait of Newton

Publisher Information: London: The Museum Galleries, 1922.

Newton, Isaac (1642-1727). Color mezzotint portrait by William Jeans after the painting from the studio of Enoch Seeman (ca. 1689 – 1744), signed in pencil by the engraver. London: The Museum Galleries, 1922. 279 x 354 mm. (platemark); 362 x 519 mm. (sheet). Slight foxing but very good.

Attractive color mezzotint after the portrait of Newton produced by the studio of Enoch Seeman, showing Newton seated at a table with a celestial globe and an open volume of what appears to be the third edition of his Principia Mathematica. The Seeman portrait, now in London’s National Portrait Gallery, was painted circa 1726-1730.

Book Id: 46679

Price: $500.00

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