Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Finish:Rolled with devils in the background

with devils in the background on either side

SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE (LATE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY

driven by Henry Segrave

The Cardinal is seated on a rather small and worried-looking ass and is readily identifiable by the 'cross keys' symbol

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Finish:Rolled with devils in the backgroundPortrait 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