Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) mb-code 2010-0318-004 Scientific enquiry had increasingly been

Scientific enquiry had increasingly been conflicting with established religious beliefs

Elevation of Buckingham House

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British Open 1952

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) mb-code 2010-0318-004 Scientific enquiry had increasingly beenPortrait of Sir Isaac Newton at around 77 years of age. Newton's face is shown in profile, in the style of a medallion. Supported by a multi breasted female figure, possibly Diana, sitting on a globe upon which is the constellation of the Plough. Two comets in intersecting elliptical orbits are shown overhead. Milo Keynes [Milo Keynes, The iconography of Sir Isaac Newton to 1800, 2005, pp. 27 29] interprets the picture as alluding to the story of