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Image number: RS.10399
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Parhelia observed in Kent
Date
1742
Creator
William Stukeley (1687 - 1765, British) , Antiquary
After
Mrs Tennison (British)
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 210mm
width (drawing): 165mm
width (drawing): 165mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Study of parhelia, or sun dogs, the atmospheric phenomenon presenting as halos and mock suns.
Figure cited (but not reproduced) in the paper “A representation of the parhelia seen in Kent, Dec 19 1741...and an account of the same, as seen by Mrs Tennison at Canterbury”, by Henry Miles, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 42 1742-1743, pp.46-48.
This drawing is inscribed “The celestial phaenomenon seen at Canterbury 10h 12m 1741 Dec. 19” and monogrammed below “W.S. f [ecit]”. Stukeley also inscribed the sheet: “Dr. Stukeley copy’d this drawing from one made by Mrs. Tenison, who saw the appearance at Canterbury, & sent it in a letter to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.”
William Stukeley (1687-1765) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718.
Figure cited (but not reproduced) in the paper “A representation of the parhelia seen in Kent, Dec 19 1741...and an account of the same, as seen by Mrs Tennison at Canterbury”, by Henry Miles, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 42 1742-1743, pp.46-48.
This drawing is inscribed “The celestial phaenomenon seen at Canterbury 10h 12m 1741 Dec. 19” and monogrammed below “W.S. f [ecit]”. Stukeley also inscribed the sheet: “Dr. Stukeley copy’d this drawing from one made by Mrs. Tenison, who saw the appearance at Canterbury, & sent it in a letter to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.”
William Stukeley (1687-1765) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718.
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