Lezing over het planetarium, William Pether, after Joseph Wright of Derby, 1768

Title(s)

Lezing over het planetarium
The Orrery

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-33.704X

Catalogue reference

• Chaloner Smith 48-2(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: William Pether (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Joseph Wright of Derby (mentioned on object)
• publisher: John Boydell (mentioned on object)

Dating

1768

Material

• paper

Measurements

height 381 mm × width 580 mm

What

• orrery, planetarium
• education, science and learning

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• British mezzotints portraits : being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century, dl. 3, p. 994, cat.nr. 48-II