'Newton with the Prism' Size:L: 80 x 60cm ' [modern taxonomy Pentapodus porosus

' [modern taxonomy Pentapodus porosus

'What a scandalous shame it is that they are allow'd to take people off in this here kind of way'

Cliff Sear

built on St James's Mount in Liverpool and is the seat of the Bishop of Liverpool

A provincial company is in a barn

'Newton with the Prism' Size:L: 80 x 60cm ' [modern taxonomy Pentapodus porosusFanciful 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