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Sundown [pencil].
F.S. Farley [pencil signature.]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Etching, signed and titled by the artist. 130 x 115mm, 5 x 4½".
Ducks landing.
[Ref: 12043] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
Flight.
F.S. Farley.
[n.d., c.1920.]
Etching, 125 x 140mm. 5 x 5½".
A group of Canadian geese in flight.
[Ref: 9299] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Gulielmus Oughtred Anglus ex Academia Cantabrigienfi An.o Aetat. 73. 1646.
[After Wenceslaus Hollar] [F. S. sculp]
[n.d., c.1657]
Engraving, image 155 x 95mm (6 x 3¾"). Trimmed losing printmakers inscription. Glued to backing sheet.
Half length portrait of William Oughtred wearing a skull-cap, collar and gown, and holding book. Crudely made after an etching by Hollar. Frontis to: "Clavis Mathematicae" 1667. William Oughtred (also Owtred, Uhtred, etc 1574 – 1660) was an English mathematician and Anglican clergyman. He is credited with creating the slide rule in 1622, which allowed for direct multiplication and division, with introducing "x" to signify mulplification, and the abbreviations "sin" and "cos" for sine and cosine.
[Ref: 57147] £160.00
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