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[James Ferguson F:R:S:]
John Townsend pinx.t.
Printed for Rob.t Stewart Engraver & modeller of portraits in wax No 15 Millman Streets, Bedford Row, Hoborn. As the Act directs, December ye 27th 1776.
Mezzotint, scratched-letter proof before title. 355 x 255mm.
A half-length portrait of Scottish astronomer and instrument maker James Ferguson (1710-76), hand resting on a celestial globe. Apart from three months at a grammar school Ferguson was self-taught. His 'Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles' was first published in 1756 and was still being published in 1811.
CS: 5, this state not mentioned. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6167] £520.00
Printed for Rob.t Stewart Engraver & modeller of portraits in wax No 15 Millman Streets, Bedford Row, Hoborn. As the Act directs, December ye 27th 1776.
Mezzotint, scratched-letter proof before title. 355 x 255mm.
A half-length portrait of Scottish astronomer and instrument maker James Ferguson (1710-76), hand resting on a celestial globe. Apart from three months at a grammar school Ferguson was self-taught. His 'Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles' was first published in 1756 and was still being published in 1811.
CS: 5, this state not mentioned. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6167] £520.00