Science
Maker
(artist)
1823-1891
(publisher)
1823-1891
(publisher)
Title
Science
Date of Production
1868
Medium
Etching
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
Notes
Printed in Punch, vol. 54 (1868). Newsprint on back of image.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Stamp: Recto: upper centre, stamped in black: LIBRARY 1972
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: 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!
Stamp: Recto: lower centre, stamped in blue: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION / 1928.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, black ink: Charles KEENE
Inscription: Recto: lower right, blue ink: D
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: 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!
Stamp: Recto: lower centre, stamped in blue: HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION / 1928.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, black ink: Charles KEENE
Inscription: Recto: lower right, blue ink: D
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