'Newton with the Prism' Size:L: 80 x 60cm Cliff Sear

Cliff Sear

Report of the Krakatoa Committee of the Royal Society

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'Newton with the Prism' Size:L: 80 x 60cm Cliff SearFanciful historical reconstruction in which the seated Newton holds prism in a beam of sunlight to cast a [monochrome] spectrum on the wall behind. Two women look, one carrying a tray on which is a carafe of water. An orrery is in the foreground. 'Newton with the Prism. Romney Pinx. Meadows Sculp. Published April 14th 1809 by Thomas Payne Pall Mall'. Original: stipple engraving. 1809