Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) bookshelf James Gibbs was elected a

James Gibbs was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1729

27th July 1969

This 'Jubilee' is celebrated by Punch and shows

the baker's

Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) bookshelf James Gibbs was elected aHalf length portrait of a young man with long hair, wearing an academic gown, his hands resting on a globe. Inscribed below: 'SIR ISAAC NEWTON, when Bachelor of Arts in Trinity College, Cambridge. Engraved by Bt. Reading from a Head painted by Sir Peter Lely in the possession of the Right Honorable Lord Viscount Cremorne'. Isaac Newton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672, he served as its President from 1703 to 1727. Original: engraving.