Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Size:S: 40 x 30cm Merseyside to mark the opening

Merseyside to mark the opening of the new Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (also know as Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King)

27th May 1983

Parsonstown

the XK 150 was heavy

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Size:S: 40 x 30cm Merseyside to mark the openingThree quarter length portrait of the 84 year old Newton, seated in a high backed chair, a pillar to the right. Dressed in a coat, white shirt and neck cloth. 'ISAACUS NEWTON EQ. AUR. AET. 83. I. Vanderbank pinxit 1725 Geo Vertue Sculpsit 1726'. From an original portrait at the Royal Society. Isaac Newton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672, he served as its President from 1703 to 1727. Original: engraving. 1726