Astronomy.
Ralph Willett inv. Wm. Collins fec. James Caldwall sculp.
[London: John Willett, 1785.]
Etching, 295 x 455mm (11½ x 18").
An illustration of a frieze featuring a woman in classical dress, one hand on an armillary sphere, the other pointing at the sky. From Ralph Willett's 'A Description of the Library at Merly in the county of Dorset', a description of hisdecoration of his library. Because the plates were such different sizes they could not be bound together, so sets are rarely complete.
[Ref: 9543] £160.00
[London: John Willett, 1785.]
Etching, 295 x 455mm (11½ x 18").
An illustration of a frieze featuring a woman in classical dress, one hand on an armillary sphere, the other pointing at the sky. From Ralph Willett's 'A Description of the Library at Merly in the county of Dorset', a description of hisdecoration of his library. Because the plates were such different sizes they could not be bound together, so sets are rarely complete.
[Ref: 9543] £160.00