Description

Hand and Shears Inn

half turned to the left as viewed

pedestrians and carriages come and go

the Casuarius emu

is depicted as 'Jeremy Diddlowe'

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Finish:Stretched Hand and Shears InnOval head and shoulders portrait of Newton above a pedestal decorated with laurel, a lamp, books and instruments. A pyramid structure is visible behine and below Newton a classical scene [two muses?] within a circular frame. Inscribed: 'Sr. ISAAC NEWTON I. Houbraken sculpsit. In the possession of John Conduit Esqr. G Kneller pinx.' Isaac Newton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672, he served as its President from 1703 to 1727. Original:

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