‘Twilight at sea off the coast of Portugal’
Date
ca. 1890s
After
Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819 - 1900, British) , Astronomer
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 178mm
width (print): 261mm
width (print): 261mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine landscape showing the sun setting over the sea off the coast of Portugal, with two stars visible in the sky.
Inscribed ‘TWILIGHT AT SEA OFF THE COAST OF PORTUGAL (LAT. 40° 29’ N. LONG. 10° 0’ W.) HALF AN HOUR AFTER SUNSET AND TOO SOON FOR A VIEW OF THE ZODIACAL LIGHT, MARCH 1, 1872. (AFTER PLATE BY C. PIAZZI SMYTH IN VOL.XIV OF “ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE IN THE ROAYL OBSERVATORY EDINBURGH”.)’
Plate from Our Earth and Its Story, by Robert Brown (Cassell, c.1890s)
Inscribed ‘TWILIGHT AT SEA OFF THE COAST OF PORTUGAL (LAT. 40° 29’ N. LONG. 10° 0’ W.) HALF AN HOUR AFTER SUNSET AND TOO SOON FOR A VIEW OF THE ZODIACAL LIGHT, MARCH 1, 1872. (AFTER PLATE BY C. PIAZZI SMYTH IN VOL.XIV OF “ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE IN THE ROAYL OBSERVATORY EDINBURGH”.)’
Plate from Our Earth and Its Story, by Robert Brown (Cassell, c.1890s)
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