'Newton with the Prism' Size:L: 80 x 60cm Mahomed Caratha

Mahomed Caratha

Report of the Krakatoa Committee of the Royal Society

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

Inscribed below: 'W

carrying two large pails with a number of smaller jugs attached

'Newton with the Prism' Size:L: 80 x 60cm Mahomed CarathaFanciful 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