Rogerus Long S.T.P. Aulae Pemb. Cantab. Custos. Astronomiae et Geometriae Professor Lowndesianus. R.S.S. A.D. 1769. Aetat. 89.
B. Wilson pinxt. Edw. Fisher Sculp.
Publish'd as the Act directs 14 July 1769. & sold at the Golden Head southside of Leicester Square.
Mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate and glued to scrap sheet at top two corners. Crease through lower part of image.
Roger Long (1680 - 1770), divine and astronomer, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, between 1733 and 1770. He constructed a "zodiack", now considered to be the first planetarium, a hollow sphere that could hold thirty people, showing the movements of the planets and constellations; it remained in the grounds of Pembroke until 1871.
[Ref: 6652] £150.00
Publish'd as the Act directs 14 July 1769. & sold at the Golden Head southside of Leicester Square.
Mezzotint. Sheet 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate and glued to scrap sheet at top two corners. Crease through lower part of image.
Roger Long (1680 - 1770), divine and astronomer, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, between 1733 and 1770. He constructed a "zodiack", now considered to be the first planetarium, a hollow sphere that could hold thirty people, showing the movements of the planets and constellations; it remained in the grounds of Pembroke until 1871.
[Ref: 6652] £150.00