James Ferguson F:R:S:
James Northcote Pinx.t. F. Harward fecit.
Publish'd March 20 1776, for W. Shropshire N.º 158 New Bond Street.
Rare mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate, some restoration
A half-length portrait in oval of Scottish astronomer and instrument maker James Ferguson (1710-76), holding a book. 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 in print in 1811.
CS 2. Wellcome: 965-1
[Ref: 67125] £260.00
Publish'd March 20 1776, for W. Shropshire N.º 158 New Bond Street.
Rare mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate, some restoration
A half-length portrait in oval of Scottish astronomer and instrument maker James Ferguson (1710-76), holding a book. 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 in print in 1811.
CS 2. Wellcome: 965-1
[Ref: 67125] £260.00