Copy after hogarth's design for a frontispiece to a pamphlet against the hutchinsonians; a witch sitting on top of a crescent moon, pissing a cascade onto the rocks far below, on which lies a bound copy of 'hutchin', and drowning a group of rats, some of which are gnawing at a bound copy of 'newton' and a telescope. Pen and ink with grey wash. Date: between 1763 and 1837. Dimensions: Height: 141 mm (image); Width: 85 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Sir Isaac Newton. Collection: British Museum. Frontis-piss. (BM Cc,2.255)
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