Accession No

1285

Brief Description

print, portrait of Edmund Halley, by G. White after Kneller, English, late 18th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

White, G.

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1750

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

paper; card

Dimensions

height 359mm; breadth 281mm (including mount)

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased in 1955.

Inscription

Edmundus Halley, Soc. Reg. Soc Astronomus Regius, et Geometriæ Profesor Savilianus
G. Kneller S.R.I. Eq. et Mag. Brit. Barons. pinx. Sold by Saml. Sympson in ye Strand near Catherine Street G. White fec. et excudt.

Description Notes

Black and white mezzotint by G. White after Kneller’s portrait of Edmund Halley as Astronomer Royal and Savilian Professor of Geometry.

Mounted.

Condition good.

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