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Print (Engraving). Glover's poem for Isaac Newton, engraved by A. Smith, designed by J. Thurston for C. Cooke, [London], March 2nd 1880.

Inventory Number 14872


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.14872

Item type
Object
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Black ink
Physical technique
Engraving
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 191mm Width: 130mm
Inventory No
14872

Description

Print (engraving). Glover's poem for Isaac Newton, engraved by A. Smith, designed by J. Thurston for C. Cooke, [London], March 2nd 1880. Inscription: Glover's Poems. Great Newton dar'd advent'rous to unbraid the yellow tresses of thy shining hair. Plate depicts allegory of Newton unplaiting the hair of an angel. Intaglio plate from a book (octavo).