- Subject
- Print Collection
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- J. Hinton
- Provenance
- Presented by Hugh Gledhill Esq.
- Primary inscriptions
- A Perspective View of Mr H-wk-s's Orrery [Hawkes?]
- Physical material
- Paper
- Physical medium
- Black ink
- Physical technique
- Engraving
- Object type
- Dimensions
- Height: 315mm Width: 201mm
- Inventory No
- 13764
Description
Copper engraving. The 'orrery' is enclosed within an armillary sphere. The illustration was published in the Universal Magazine where the orrery is described.
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