Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) countryman 10th June 1956

10th June 1956

Lord Mayor 1852

the pigeon-hawk (modern scientific name: Falco columbarius

'The C-r-l-e Column'

Moore's Timber Merchant

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) countryman 10th June 1956Medallion bust of Newton in profile facing the viewer's right. The head is encircled by the motto: 'PRAECLARISSIMUS. ISAACUS. NEWTON. EQUES.'The medallion in within a starry firmament with allegorical figures top and bottom. One putto holds a scroll bearing the legend: 'Ecce Philosophorum Princeps'. A figure carrying scales points to a solar system below the portrait. Inscribed below 'Sold by I. King at the Globe in the Poultry.' Isaac Newton was