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                                 Image number: RS.1875
                             
                         
                         
                     
                 
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            'Figures observ'd in snow'
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                                10 December 1662
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                height (painting): 184mm
width (painting): 170mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (painting): 170mm
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                                Fourteen studies of snowflakes by Robert Hooke, from a paper submitted to the Royal Society.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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