Monument erected to the memory of Sir Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey [graphic]

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Title: Monument erected to the memory of Sir Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey [graphic]
Creator: Fittler, James, 1758-1835, printmaker
Contributor: Ryley, Charles Reuben, 1752?-1798, artist.
Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: May 20, 1794.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Abstract: "Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; obelisk shaped monument with relief sculpture, Newton reclining on top of casket with frieze, gesturing towards a scroll held by two cherubs at right, a female figure on a planet above."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Plate [182] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Provenance: Gift of Francis B. Trowbridge to the Yale University Library, 1904. Transferred to Lewis Walpole Library, September 1965.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 48 x 33 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title: Plate [182] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the first artists in the country, illustrative of the history of England.
Collection / Other Creator: Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834
Collection Date: London : Printed for the proprietor, R. Bowyer, 80, Pall Mall; by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1812.

Genre: Engravings England London 1794
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727,
Westminster Abbey.
Subject (Topic): Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Subjects: Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727
Westminster Abbey
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
England > London > 1794

Access: Public
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