Isaac Newton

1801

Augustin de Saint-Aubin

Associated Names
Augustin de Saint-Aubin

Artist, French, 1736 - 1807

The image is an engraved portrait of a man shown from the chest up, facing left in profile. He has classic features with a prominent nose and a well-defined jawline, wavy hair styled away from his face. He is dressed in a traditional draped garment and the background features an oval frame within a decorative rectangle, with the name "NEWTON" displayed below the portrait in capital letters.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving over etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John O'Brien

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 21.2 x 14.9 cm (8 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1987.70.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bocher 1879, no. 199, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1879

  • Bocher, Emmanuel. Augustin de Saint-Aubin. Les gravures francaises du XVIIIe siecle, 5. Paris: Damascene Morgand et Charles Fatout, 1879.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate below medallion: NEWTON.; lower center in plate below frame: Dessine et Grave par Aug.St.Aubin

Wikidata ID

Q74877365

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