Viewing the Transit of Venus

Made:
1793 in London
Viewing the Transit of Venus print, engraving. Viewing the Transit of Venus

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Viewing the Transit of Venus
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print, engraving. Viewing the Transit of Venus
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

print, engraving. Viewing the Transit of Venus. Published by Robert Sayer and Co., Fleet Street, London. Dec. 16th 1793. 20cm x 25cm. in frame, 31x35cm. A play on the sexual references of astronomy: a gentleman looks through his glasses at a young woman as she leans forward showing her cleavage to use the telescope; a satyr in the garden has an emulatory leer [BM8410]

Details

Category:
Art
Object Number:
1984-1542
Measurements:
overall: 200 x 250 mm
type:
print
credit:
Burlington Gallery