London statues: Newton
This amazing statue stands in the courtyard of the British Library, near St Pancras station. It’s bulky, powerful, a brooding presence, the bronze contrasting with the red brick of the library buildings. You couldn’t miss it – as you so often can with London statues.
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi was commissioned to make this statue of Newton for the site, and I think he’s come up trumps. The image derives from a picture by William Blake, the eighteenth century artist and writer, in which Blake sees Newton almost as a divine creator (God was often shown with a pair of compasses, as …read more
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