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Print (Engraving, Hand-Coloured, Framed) of Euclid, with Scientific Instruments, 18th Century

Inventory Number 13480


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13480

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Headed 'EUCLID.'.
Physical material
Glass
Paper
Paint
Wood
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 166mm Width: 98mm Depth: 9mm Weight: 145g
Inventory No
13480

Description

Small engraving, closely cropped and heavily hand-coloured, of an imaginative head-and-shoulders of Euclid depicted in an octagonal frame, with his book and scientific instruments below, including globe, armillary sphere, quadrant, and set-square. Framed and glazed.