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John Flamsteed, English astronomer and clergyman,1712 (1725). Artist: George Vertue

John Flamsteed, English astronomer and clergyman,1712 (1725). Artist: George Vertue

1-157-983 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

John Flamsteed, English astronomer and clergyman, 1712 (1725). Born in Denby, Derbyshire, and educated at Cambridge, Flamsteed (1646-1719) was appointed the first Astronomer Royal by Charles II in 1675. After a portrait of 1712, appearing as the frontispiece to the first volume of Flamsteed's Historia Coelestis Britannica. (London, 1725).

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Creator
  1. George Vertue, attributed to: British, English: Printmaker, antiquary, engraver, artist, draughtsman, author, writer, publisher
After
  1. Thomas Gibson: British: Artist
Subject
  1. John Flamsteed: British, English: Astronomer
Medium
  1. Engraving
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
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Artistic Representations Portraits

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Science & Nature Astronomy

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2848x3682
File Size : 30,722kb

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  1. 002741
  1. 002741
  1. 0460001539
  1. 1-157-983
  1. 1157983
  1. 1539
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