Observation of the Sun, April - October 1882
- Made:
- 1882 in Folkestone
Assorted sunspots delineated in ink and wash by John Willis, and dated on the front and reverse of the card. On the front: a group of sunspots, 11 April 1882 (x120 magnification); large spot, 7 May 1882 (x180 magnification); group of spots, 14 May 1882 (x180 magnification); same group of spots, 19 May 1882 at 6pm (x180 magnification); large spot, 4 June 1882 at 10:50am (x120 magnification). And on the reverse: group of sunspots, 2 July 1882 (x60 magnification); spots, 18 July 1882 (x60 magnification); large spot, 1 October 1882 (x60 magnification). One of 275 pencil, ink and colour wash observations of the Sun and Jupiter made by Willis in Folkestone between 1879 and 1906.
Details
- Category:
- Art
- Object Number:
- 2001-769/40
- Materials:
- paper, pencil, ink, col. wash
- Measurements:
-
overall: 118 mm x 111 mm
- type:
- drawing
- credit:
- Sotheby's (Olympia)