Portrait bust of Sir Isaac Newton on round socle wearing an open collar and drapery

Sir Isaac Newton (January 4, 1643, Woolsthorpe Manor, England-March 31, 1727, Kensington, London, England)

Wedgwood

19th century

  • Titles Sir Isaac Newton (January 4, 1643, Woolsthorpe Manor, England-March 31, 1727, Kensington, London, England) (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (black basalt)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York, AFI.3214.2008
  • Object Name bust
  • Classification Sculpture

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