Sir Isaac Newton .
by Michael Rysbrack.
The Conduitt Marble Bust.
with the Earl of Portsmouth, Farleigh Wallop. Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Michael Rysbrack (1694 - 1770).
Height 60 cms.
The base - Height - 12.5 cms.
Commissioned by John Conduitt FRS (1688 - 1737).
Perhaps made shortly after his death 1727 but possibly slightly earlier - the medallion by John Coker is dated 1736 and is so close to the Rysbrack version that I would suggest it derived from Rysbrack's bust.
John Conduitt had married Catherine Barton (1679 - 1740) the half niece of Isaac Newton 23 August 1717.
Conduitt succeeded Newton as Master of the Mint in March 1727 after his death.
George Vertue in his notebooks - 1732 (Vertue III , Walpole Society Journal) says "Mr Michael Rysbrake did Sr Isaac Newton immediately after his death from pictures or draughts"
It is perhaps significant that Vertue does not mention a death mask.
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Conduitt died on 23 May 1737, and was buried in Westminster
Abbey on 29 May to the right of Sir Isaac Newton. His wife Catherine died in
1739 and was buried with him.
In his will dated 1732, he left his estate to his
wife and made her guardian of their underage daughter Catherine. On his death,
the trustees sold the estate at Cranbury Park as well as estates at Weston and
Netley, near Southampton to Thomas Lee Dummer, who succeeded him as MP for
Southampton
His daughter Catherine later married John Wallop, Viscount
Lymington (died 1749) in 1740. He was the eldest son of John Wallop, 1st Earl
of Portsmouth, and their son, John Wallop, succeeded as the second earl of
Portsmouth.
The Marble Conduitt bust has remained with the family.
I am very grateful to Lord Portsmouth and Lord Lymington for allowing me to visit Farleigh Wallop and to take photographs of this wonderful bust. I am also extremely grateful to Greta Iddeson, Estate Manager at Farleigh Wallop who made the visit so enjoyable
I am very grateful to Lord Portsmouth and Lord Lymington for allowing me to visit Farleigh Wallop and to take photographs of this wonderful bust. I am also extremely grateful to Greta Iddeson, Estate Manager at Farleigh Wallop who made the visit so enjoyable
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Isaac Newton.
John Croker.
Medallion.
dated 1726.
The profile of Newton is very close to the Rysbrack bust.
Felix Conoscere Cavsas.
Loosely translated "Happy to understand causes"
Science holding a diagram of the Solar system.
Isaac Newton
Bronze Medallion.
Designed by John Croker (1670 - 1741).
1726 (old style).
Diam. 51 mm.
Croker originally from Dresden worked with the Royal Mint from 1697 - in 1705 he was appointed Chief Engraver.
Croker originally from Dresden worked with the Royal Mint from 1697 - in 1705 he was appointed Chief Engraver.
John Croker
The Silver version of the 1726 Medallion.
British Museum.
John Croker.
British Museum.
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Left to Right - The Conduitt Marble, the Bronze from the Rysbrack Sale bust now in the Fitzwilliam, the Plaster bust in the Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge.
For more on the bronze bust of Newton see my post -
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Sir Isaac Newton.
Mezzotint.
John Faber Jnr.
c. 1732.
312 x 242 mm.
This mezzotint is something of a conundrum in that it clearly represents the Rysbrack bust of Newton, but we know that the bust placed in Queen Caroline's Hermitage in Richmond Park was by Guelphi (below) - now in Kensington Palace. How did the artist make this mistake?
Marble bust of Isaac Newton
by Giovanni Battista Guelphi.
1732.
The socle a 19th century replacement
Image Courtesy The Royal Collection see -
https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/1392/sir-isaac-newton-1642-1727
Marble bust of Isaac Newton
by Giovanni Battista Guelphi.
1732.
The socle a 19th century replacement
74.0 x 51.0 x 30.0 cm (including socle).
60.0 x 51.0 x 30.0 cm (excluding socle).Image Courtesy The Royal Collection see -
https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/1392/sir-isaac-newton-1642-1727
The Conduitt Marble Bust of Isaac Newton.
in a painting by by William Hogarth.
The bust is depicted in a performance of
A Scene from the Indian Emperor or
The Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards - a play by John Dryden.
Taking place at the house in St George Street, Hanover Square of John Conduitt in March 1732.
It was performed again at St James' Palace on 27th April 1732.
Taking place at the house in St George Street, Hanover Square of John Conduitt in March 1732.
It was performed again at St James' Palace on 27th April 1732.
commenced in 1732 - delivered in 1735.
Oil on canvas.
130.8 x 146.6 cms.
Formerly in the collection of Earl of Ilchester.
Suggested in the past by Malcolm Baker to be a bust by Roubiliac - making comparisons with the mezzotint above (if reversed!) and the photographs of the Conduitt marble bust it is very obviously a representation of the Conduit marble.
This painting was commissioned by John Conduitt.
The play is being performed by four children including Kitty Conduitt in front of the three children of George II and Queen Caroline - William Duke of Cumberland, Princess Mary and Princess Louisa.
Also in the audience are the Dukes of Montagu and Richmond,the Earl of Pomfret and Thomas Hill the secretary of the Board of Trade with John Theophilus Desagulier acting as prompter.
The two portraits on the wall represent John Conduit and his wife
The frieze, with putti emblematic of Newtons discoveries, below the bust on the chimney piece is that carved by Rysbrack and had been recently erected on the monument to Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey.
Marble Frieze on the Monument to Isaac Newton.
Michael Rysbrack.
Westminster Abbey.
No photography allowed.
Indifferent photographs can be obtained (at a cost) from the Abbey.
This photograph courtesy Getty Images.
This photograph courtesy Getty Images.
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