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Sir Isaac Newton's Observatory
Sir Isaac Newton's Observatory
Object number1864.2.1111

Sir Isaac Newton's Observatory

Datec. 1857
Artist (English, active 1819-1850)
CultureEnglish
MediumInk and wash
DimensionsSheet: 4 1/16 x 6 1/4 in. (10.32 x 15.88 cm)
Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar
On View
Not on view
Period19th c
Classification(s)
InscribedInscribed (LR, in pencil): (artist's name); (LC, in ink): Interior of the observatory erected on the top of his house in St. Martin's. Leicester Square by Sir Isaac Newton. It is now occupied by shoemakers.
ProvenanceCollections: Elias Magoon
Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, NY, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Landscapes of Retrospection," October 15 - December 19, 1999;

The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, January 25 - March 25, 2001;

The Heinz Architectural Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 9 - September 2, 2001;

Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, February 9 - April 7, 2002 (see below)
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email loebcollections@vassar.edu