Astronomer observing shooting star with telescope
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Resource details
Resource ID
3505
Metadata
Source Title
Astronomy: an ancient scholar (Aristotle?) observing a meteor or comet using a telescope. Engraving by J. Kip, 1694, after G. Freman.
Author/Artist/Printer/Publisher
G. Freman/I. Kip
City/Place
Northampton
Country/Region
England
Dynasty/Period/Ruler
The Stuart Dynasty
Source date
1694
Dimensions
22 x 15 cm (image and border)
Categories
astronomy, ink, paper/european, printed material/page/single, cloud(s), moon, shooting stars, sky, star(s), armillary sphere, celestial globe, telescope
Current Location
Wellcome Collection, London, UK
Reference
46392i
Wellcome Collection
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/zmgh72cv
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License management
License ID | Type | Licensor / licensee | Usage medium | Description | Expiry date |
2 | Inbound | Public Domain Mark | This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. For further information see: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ | No expiry date |
Location Data
Marker lat / long: 54, -2 (WGS84)
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