Newton (Blake)

Newton is a monotype by the English poet, painter and printmaker William Blake, first completed in 1795 and reworked and reprinted in 1805, measuring 460 by 600 millimeters. It portrays the scientist Isaac Newton sitting naked and crouched on a rocky, algae covered outcropping at the seafloor, concentrating on diagrams he draws with a compass on a scroll. The work belongs to Blake's series of twelve Large Colour Prints made between 1795 and 1805, which also includes his depiction of the biblical ruler Nebuchadnezzar. It is held in the collection of Tate Britain. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/