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Astronomy: the astronomer Sidrophel, using a telescope, misidentifies a kite as a comet
PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
print
Hogarth, William
Europe: United Kingdom
18th c. / Early 19th c.
paper
overall: 118 x 72 mm

Monochrome print (engraving) of a man (Sidrophel the astronomer) using a telescope supported by suspension from an obelisk. 18th/19th century copy (?) after the original (c.1721) etching by William Hogarth. Cropped book plate from an edition of Samuel Butler's 17th century poem 'Hudibras'.


1999.553

BOA Purchase, 1935



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