Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) mb-width 4569 In the foreground two equestrian

In the foreground two equestrian gentlemen proceed from the right

'New Potatoes'

'Simplers'

Interior view of the Egyptian Hall in Mansion House

Referred to in the text as 'The Entellus monkey'

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) mb-width 4569 In the foreground two equestrianOval head and shoulders portrait of Newton above a pedestal decorated with laurel, a lamp, books and instruments. A pyramid structure is visible behind and below Newton a classical scene [two muses?] within a circular frame. Lower left, 'J. Houbraken sculpsit.' Isaac Newton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672, he served as its President from 1703 to 1727. Original: engraving. ca. 1740s