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Letter from Sir Issac Newton to William Briggs, 20th June 1682.Artist: Isaac Newton

Letter from Sir Issac Newton to William Briggs, 20th June 1682. Letter written from Trinity College, Cambridge by Newton to William Briggs, MD, commending his New Theory of Vision but dissenting from some of his conclusions. The New Theory of Vision was published in Robert Hooke's Philisophical Collections, No 6, 1682., and a Latin version, made by Newton's advice and accompanied by a commendatory letter from him to the author, appeared in 1685. From the third series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V, (London, 1899)

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The Vision of Ezekiel; a group of corpses and skeletons emerging out of tombs

The Vision of Ezekiel; a group of corpses and skeletons emerging out of tombs, above them five winged putti holding a banderole, 1554

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Frontispiece for "The Light of the Cloister", 1628. Creator: Jacques Callot

Frontispiece for "The Light of the Cloister", 1628

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