Newton, Isaac related artwork, photographs, drawings and prints from Babson College's Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton, 1654-1975, bulk 1690s-1950s

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Title:: Isaac Newton related artwork, photographs, drawings, and prints from Babson College's Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton
Dates:: 1654-1975, bulk 1690s-1950s
Abstract:: The Isaac Newton related artwork, photographs, drawings and prints from Babson College's Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton, contains various artworks on paper depicting Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), contemporary scientists and other figures as well as views and maps of places associated with Newton's life
Extent:: 46 items in 3 boxes
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item]. Babson College's Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton.The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

Scope and content:: This collection contains various artworks on paper, primarily engravings and photographs depicting portraits of Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) and contemporary scientists, theologians and mathematicians as well as views, and maps of places associated with Newton's life. Also included are depictions of several memorials, statutes and tributes raised to Newton after his death.
Biographical / historical:: Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer and theologian. Newton was a fellow of Trinty College, Cambridge and the second Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, University of Cambridge. He also served as Warden, then Master of the Royal Mint (1696-1727) and was president of the Royal Society (1703-1727).
Acquisition information:: On long term-loan from Babson College's Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton, November 2006.
Arrangement:: The collection is arranged in three boxes roughly by size. The majority of items are marked by Babson numbers which may reflect their original arrangement and storage.
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Scientists - Great Britain - Pictorial works.
Engravings.
Photographs.
Maps.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Dorothy Auyong.
Date Prepared:: © 2018
Date Encoded:: Machine readable finding aid encoded by Dorothy Auyong in July, 2018 .

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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item]. Babson College's Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton.The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

Location of this collection:: Huntington Library, Manuscript Collections

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino, CA 91108, US