Sir Isaac Newton. Line engraving by G. Bickham, senior, 1732.

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May 8th 1787
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London (53 Fleet Street) : Published ... by Robert Sayer, May 8th 1787.

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Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton eques. Ecce philosophorum princeps. See the great Newton, he who first survey'd / The plan, by which the universe was made; / Saw nature's simple, yet stupendous laws, / And prov'd the effects, tho' not explain'd the cause. / O wondrous man! in whom the heav'ly mind / Shines forth distinguish'd, and above mankind: / Whilst here on Earth, how humble, wise and good! / In Heav'n a star of the first magnitude. G. Bickham senr sculp.

References note

R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 2140.57
M. Keynes, The iconography of Sir Isaac Newton to 1800, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2005, no. LV-1, p. 61

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