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

Other Names and Numbers

Notes

Risk Management list 2025

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 in May 1931 by Booth Tarkington (1869-1946); gifted as bequest to Warrick W. Wallace (1894-1969) {1}; donated to Purdue University in 1969 {2}. {1} Warrick W. Wallace (BSCE 14) and his wife were friends with Tarkington and he served as his lawyer {2} The accession numbers of the other two works in bequst erroneously list the works as coming to Purdue in 1900 but is listed as a bequest in May 5, 1965 board minutes