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Science

Maker

(artist)
1823-1891

(publisher)

Title

Science

Date of Production

1868

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 11.5 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

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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 //

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