Newton
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William Blake monotype depicting Isaac Newton
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Newton
- Romantic Painting
Newton is a monotype by the English poet, painter and printmaker William Blake. First completed in 1795, it was reworked and reprinted in 1805 as one of his 12 Large Colour Prints. It depicts Isaac Newton naked and crouched on an algae-covered rocky outcropping, apparently on the sea floor, drawing diagrams with a compass on a scroll. The work reflects Blake's opposition to Enlightenment science and materialism.
- Creator
- William Blake
- Completed
- 1795, reworked and reprinted in 1805
- Subject
- Isaac Newton
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Newton (Blake) (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q1996494
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By William Blake. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia CommonsWilliam Blake, The William Blake ArchiveModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
- Popularity
- 48 median daily views (Wikimedia Pageviews API (all-access, user agent))
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