Isaac Newton sculpture could be placed outside University of Leeds

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An edition of a famous Sir Isaac Newton artwork could be rehomed at the University of Leeds.

‘Newton after Blake’, by the Italian sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi, depicts the 17th century scientist at work and is based on a drawing first done by William Blake in 1795.

A much larger version of the sculpture, entitled ‘Master of the Universe’, sits outside the British Library in London.

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An edition of a famous Sir Isaac Newton artwork could be rehomed at the University of Leeds.An edition of a famous Sir Isaac Newton artwork could be rehomed at the University of Leeds.
An edition of a famous Sir Isaac Newton artwork could be rehomed at the University of Leeds.

Now the University of Leeds says it has been donated an edition of the work, which is currently in the hands of conservators in Edinburgh.