File:Horrocks observing the 1639 transit of Venus by Eyre Crowe.jpg
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Eyre Crowe: The Founder of English Astronomy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q1385886 |
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Title |
English: Jeremiah Horrocks making the first observation of a transit of Venus in 1639 |
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | history painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depicted people | Jeremiah Horrocks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 1891 ; 2004-02-17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 76.2 cm (30 in) ; width: 100.3 cm (39.4 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+76.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+100.3U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1536471 |
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Accession number |
WAG 1805 (Walker Art Gallery) |
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References | Art UK artwork ID: the-founder-of-english-astronomy-97252 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/eduoff/vt-2004/Background/Infol1/BIS-A1.html |
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File change date and time | 08:56, 17 February 2004 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 09:56, 17 February 2004 |
Date metadata was last modified | 09:56, 17 February 2004 |