ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS

W.S. FRANKS, 1910-1924

Details
ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS
W.S. FRANKS, 1910-1924
the drawings in watercolour and body colour include Opposition of Mars 1924, Saturn Nov. 29. 1913, Saturn 29. Sept. 1910 and Jupiter, Transit of Satellite III Nov. 27, 1916.
7¾ x 9¼in. (19.5 x 23.5cm.) the largest

Lot Essay

William Sadler Franks (1851-1935) published his catalgoue of 3,890 coloured stars in 1878. In 1910 he worked at Brockhurst Observatory, where in 1934 he was Patrick Moore's first tutor in astronomy.

More from Travel, Science & Natural History

View All
View All