Black, gilt and gesso molded frame; glass; black and white engraving depicting Isaac Newton in profile surrounded by figures, clouds and stars. Margins cut. Frame is black with mitered corners and gilded bead sitght edge.
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Newton, Isaac
Original to Josiah Quincy House (Quincy, Mass.),
Bickham, John (Maker)
15 5/8 x 11 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Edmund Quincy
1972.77
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