Isaac Newton: A Maquette Based on William Blake's 1795 Monotype Image
Isaac Newton: A Maquette Based on William Blake's 1795 Monotype Image
Isaac Newton: A Maquette Based on William Blake's 1795 Monotype Image
Isaac Newton: A Maquette Based on William Blake's 1795 Monotype Image
Isaac Newton: A Maquette Based on William Blake's 1795 Monotype Image
Isaac Newton: A Maquette Based on William Blake's 1795 Monotype Image

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Paolozzi's maquette follows William Blake's 1795 print 'Newton' in illustrating how Isaac Newton's equations changed our view of the world to being one determined by mathematical laws. The full-size bronze sculpture of the maquette is situated in the piazza of the British Library in London.

National Library of Scotland

Edinburgh

Title

Isaac Newton: A Maquette Based on William Blake's 1795 Monotype Image

Date

1990s

Medium

plaster & wood

Measurements

H 60 x W 80 x D (?) cm

Accession number

Library.Art.25

Acquisition method

gift from the artist

Work type

Sculpture

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