'Newton with the Prism' Size:L: 80 x 60cm with Great Castle Street

with Great Castle Street

built on St James's Mount in Liverpool and is the seat of the Bishop of Liverpool

Cliff Sear

'What a scandalous shame it is that they are allow'd to take people off in this here kind of way'

Mahomed Caratha

'Newton with the Prism' Size:L: 80 x 60cm with Great Castle StreetFanciful historical reconstruction in which the seated Newton holds prism in a beam of sunlight to cast a [monochrome] spectrum on the wall behind. Two women look, one carrying a tray on which is a carafe of water. An orrery is in the foreground. 'Newton with the Prism. Romney Pinx. Meadows Sculp. Published April 14th 1809 by Thomas Payne Pall Mall'. Original: stipple engraving. 1809