Lot 21 A
21 A
A fine late 18th/early 19th-Century composition death mask of Isaac Newton,

Details
A fine late 18th/early 19th-Century composition death mask of Isaac Newton,
mounted on a wooden back-board, in gilt frame (frame chipped with loss) -- 9½in. (23½cm.) high
Literature
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton and the Material relating to him in the Babson Institute Library Babson Park, Mass. (New York, 1950)

Lot Essay

cf. Babson Collection for a contemporary bust of Newton by Rysbrack (1734, illustrated and described as item 494) and three medals depicting Newton by Roettiers, Croker and Mills (1739, 1731 and 1820, illustrated and described as items 581, 578 and 582 respectively).

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