Portret van Isaac Newton, John Smith (prentmaker/ uitgever), after Gottfried Kneller, 1712

Title(s)

Portret van Isaac Newton

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-32.808

Catalogue reference

• Chaloner Smith 190-1(2)
• LeBlanc 198

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: John Smith (prentmaker/ uitgever) (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Gottfried Kneller (mentioned on object)
• publisher: John Smith (prentmaker/ uitgever) (mentioned on object)

Dating

1712

Material

• paper

Measurements

height 346 mm × width 254 mm

What

• historical persons
• physics and mechanics (+ portrait of scholar, scientist)
• mathematics (+ portrait of scholar, scientist)
• scholar, philosopher (+ portrait of scholar, scientist)

Who

• Isaac Newton

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• John Smith : Verzeichniss seiner Schabkunstblätter, p. 63, cat.nr. 194
• British mezzotints portraits : being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century, dl. 2, p. 1204, cat.nr. 190-I
• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations : ouvrage destiné à faire suite au Manuel du libraire par J.Ch. Brunet, dl. 3, p. 536, cat.nr. 198