Science
Maker
(artist)
1823-1891
(publisher)
1823-1891
(publisher)
Title
Science
Date of Production
1868
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 18.9 cm
Width: 18.9 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4604
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper centre margin & recto : later Witt inscription : LIBRARY 1972 //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : SCIENCE. / Professor Parallax (enthusiastically). "Oh! MY DEAR MRS. S., IF YOU CAN MANAGE TO STOOP DOWN, HERE IS 'CAPELLA' SHOWN MOST BEAUTIFULLY!!" / [But by this time, it being a fine frosty night, poor MRS. SPUDGROVE, having seen the Moon, and Jupiter and his Satellites, and Saturn, and Double Stars, and no end of / Nebulae, had had almost enough of it! //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower centre & recto : later inscription : HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION / H.J. [? COLLECTION] / 1928. //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pen : lower centre margin & recto : later Witt inscription : Charles Keene //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : SCIENCE. / Professor Parallax (enthusiastically). "Oh! MY DEAR MRS. S., IF YOU CAN MANAGE TO STOOP DOWN, HERE IS 'CAPELLA' SHOWN MOST BEAUTIFULLY!!" / [But by this time, it being a fine frosty night, poor MRS. SPUDGROVE, having seen the Moon, and Jupiter and his Satellites, and Saturn, and Double Stars, and no end of / Nebulae, had had almost enough of it! //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower centre & recto : later inscription : HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION / H.J. [? COLLECTION] / 1928. //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pen : lower centre margin & recto : later Witt inscription : Charles Keene //
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