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Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton (© National Portrait Gallery)
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© National Portrait Gallery

Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton

Artist: Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723)

Location: National Portrait Gallery

Date: 1702

Materials: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 76 x 64 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £400 (Total: £800)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 1032 (1936)

Provenance:
Newton, his nephew John Conduitt, his daughter married Viscount Lymington, father of the second Earl of Portsmouth. Remained in that family.

Description:
Half length portrait of Newton in a long brown wig, aged sixty. Signed: Sir Isaac Newton painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller 1702.

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