Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) mb-code 2010-0318-004 Within an enclosure

Within an enclosure

On the opposite side of the room his son sits taking snuff and looking with vanity into an adjacent mirror

British Open 1952

'Great Autumn Manoeuvre'

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) mb-code 2010-0318-004 Within an enclosurePortrait of Sir Isaac Newton at around 77 years of age. Newton's face is shown in profile, in the style of a medallion. Supported by a multi breasted female figure, possibly Diana, sitting on a globe upon which is the constellation of the Plough. Two comets in intersecting elliptical orbits are shown overhead. Milo Keynes [Milo Keynes, The iconography of Sir Isaac Newton to 1800, 2005, pp. 27 29] interprets the picture as alluding to the story of