Cumulus and stratus clouds
Date
1823
Creator
Frederick Christian Lewis (1779 - 1856, British) , Engraver
After
Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (1789 - 1860, British) , Science writer
Object type
Library reference
21989
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 122mm
width (print): 209mm
width (print): 209mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape with four figures of cloud formations. Figure 1 (upper left) a cirrus changing to cirrocumulus. Figure 2 (upper right) cymoid cirrostratus. Figure 3 (middle right) nascent cumulus. Figure 4 (lower right) a fine thin status.
Plate 2 from the book Researches about atmospheric phaenomena, by Thomas Forster 3rd edition (London, Harding, Mavor and Lepard, 1823).
The plate is numbered above ‘Plate II.’ Inscribed below ‘Engrav’d by F.C. Lewis. Sketched by the Author.’
Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (1789-1860) British writer on science and phrenologist. Forster was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society; his early writings were on meteorology.
Plate 2 from the book Researches about atmospheric phaenomena, by Thomas Forster 3rd edition (London, Harding, Mavor and Lepard, 1823).
The plate is numbered above ‘Plate II.’ Inscribed below ‘Engrav’d by F.C. Lewis. Sketched by the Author.’
Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (1789-1860) British writer on science and phrenologist. Forster was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society; his early writings were on meteorology.