Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) summerhouse showing the Lancashire Coffee House

showing the Lancashire Coffee House on the bottom right and the premises of H & H Rosenberg & Co

by John Coakley Lettsom (Nichols & Son for Joseph Mawman

Published 1812

at least for the moment

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) summerhouse showing the Lancashire Coffee HouseThree quarter length portrait of the 84 year old Newton, seated in a high backed chair, looking away from a book held upon his knee in a reading position. Inscribed: 'Isaacus Newton Equs. Obijt 20 Mar: 1726 27 Aetatis Suae 85. J Vanderbank pinx Ano. 1726. Pro MARTINO FOLKES Armo. Cui hanc Tabulam D. D. J. Faber.' An ouroboros [a snake holding its own tail in its mouth] can be seen to the right of the picture. From an original portrait at the Royal