1943.1384: Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1384

People

James Tassie, British, English (Pollokshaws, Scotland 1735 - 1799 London, England)

Title

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture, relief

Date

18th century

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229647

Physical Descriptions

Medium

White glass paste on black background

Dimensions

2.7 cm. diam. x 2 cm depth (1 1/16 x 13/16 in.) (sight)

Inscriptions and Marks

• gallery label: verso, paper and black ink, printed and handwritten: [printed:] F. RATHBONE / 20 Alfred Place West, / South Kensington, / LONDON, S.W. / [handwritten:] Sir Isaac Newton / 1785 / [inventor?] / by James Tassie
• label: verso, black ink, paper: 2

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1384

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Newton in right profile.

Publication History

• Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 98, p. 40

Exhibition History

• Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944

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