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English: Thomas Dick This is an engraved portrait of a man with a planetarium and other astronomical instruments, holding a quill pen. He can be identified as Thomas Dick (1774–1857), a natural philosopher and writer on science, as his popular book, 'Celestial Scenery', published by Thomas Ward & Co. (1838) is shown on a table. Dick's works were suffused with natural theology, assuring readers of the compatibility of science with religion. He was also a believer in the plurality of worlds. This engraving is based loosely on a portrait by an unknown artist at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and a similar image was used to accompany an edition of his Complete Works in 1850. |
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| Date | between 1838 and 1850 | ||||||
| Dimensions | Platemark: 228 mm x 152 mm; Primary support: 299 mm x 216 mm; Mount: 483 mm x 318 mm | ||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/386484 | ||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | id number: ZBA4502 | ||||||
| Collection | Fine art |
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| current | 15:26, 18 September 2017 | | 3,777 × 4,800 (1.54 MB) | GreenMeansGo | User created page with UploadWizard |
