Isaac Newton

Art

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Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Isaac Newton

Entry/Object ID

PAI.215

Description

Bust portrait of Sir Isaac Newton, turned three-quarters. He is wearing a long dark wig, a knotted white cravat tied at his neck, and and draped dark fabric around his shoulders.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

John Riley

Attribution

Attributed to

Date made

circa 1685

Web Links and URLs

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/isaac-newton-who-he-was-why-apples-are-falling/7th-grade/

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Source Notes

Role

Information provided by source.

Notes

(Vose Galleries, Boston); purchased by Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) Indianapolis, Indiana in May 1931; donated to Purdue University after 1941 {1} {1} Like other donations by Tarkington to Purdue University, this work was likely a bequest and therefore arrived in the collection after 1946