Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Finish:Float frame Plate 21 from La Vraye

Plate 21 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & DemonstrÚe by Jean Cousin (Paris

Benham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1907

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he served as its President from 1677 to 1680

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Finish:Float frame Plate 21 from La VrayePresented by Martin Folkes, date unknown. Three quarter length portrait of the 84 year old Newton, wearing a wig and seated in a high backed green chair with scrolled wooden arms. The sitter is looking away from a tan calf bound book held upon his knee in a reading position. Newton is dressed in a loose olive coloured robe, with white neck cloth and shirt cuffs. An ouroboros [a snake holding its own tail in its mouth] can be seen to the right of the