Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Product:Greetings card 23rd February 1972

23rd February 1972

Mick Buckley

She was a huntress and a virgin

section and ground plan of the west end of St Bride's steeple

These features are lettered in ink

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Product:Greetings card 23rd February 1972Head 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