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Black drop effect during the 1769 Transit of Venus Size:L: 100 x 50cm Watermarked 'Tacey Wisd & Co

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Black drop effect during the 1769 Transit of Venus Size:L: 100 x 50cm Watermarked 'Tacey Wisd & Co
Black drop effect during the 1769 Transit of Venus Size:L: 100 x 50cm Watermarked 'Tacey Wisd & Co
Black drop effect during the 1769 Transit of Venus Size:L: 100 x 50cm Watermarked 'Tacey Wisd & Co
Black drop effect during the 1769 Transit of Venus Size:L: 100 x 50cm Watermarked 'Tacey Wisd & Co
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Watermarked 'Tacey Wisd & Co 1819'

The model for the painting is possibly George White

the feathers round the beak

The Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens is visible on the right

Black drop effect during the 1769 Transit of Venus Size:L: 100 x 50cm Watermarked 'Tacey Wisd & CoViews of the teardrop effect observed during transit as Venus is near the solar edge. Four figures of the event seen by Hirst using a 2 foot long reflecting telescope to x55 magnification. Inscribed in ink above 'XI p. 229'. Not signed. The illustration corresponds to figures 5 8 on plate 10 and 11 of the published paper 'Account of several phaenomena observed during the Ingress of Venus into the solar disc' by William Hirst, Philosophical

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