Lot 100
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After Thomas Gibson
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After Thomas Gibson

'DR FLAMSTEED SEATED IN CLERICAL ROBES BY TABLE', BY SILVESTER HARDING (1745-1809)

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After Thomas Gibson
'Dr Flamsteed seated in clerical robes by table', by Silvester Harding (1745-1809)
inscribed Flamstead (Astron: Reg:) (From a piture at the Royal Society) and on the reverse Flamsteed, Astron, Reg: from an original picture at the Rl Society WCDF Sylvester Harding
watercolour on paper
29.8 x 23.3cm. (11¾ x 9¼in.)
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Lot Essay

The Reverend John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719) was appointed the first English Astronomer Royal in 1675, and in that same year laid the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. He was a member of the Royal Society, calculated the solar eclipses of 1666 and 1668 and was responsible for several of the earliest recorded sightings of the planet Uranus.

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