File:A Representation of the Meteor Seen at Paddington about 12 Minutes before 11 o'clock, on the Evening of the 11th of Feb. 1850 RMG PT3495.tiff
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Leggatt, Hayward & Leggatt; Lloyd Brothers & Co.;
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English: A Representation of the Meteor Seen at Paddington about 12 Minutes before 11 o'clock, on the Evening of the 11th of Feb. 1850 Astronomy: a meteor in the night sky over London. Mezzotint by MC Wyatt, 1850. Created May 1 1850. Artist: Matthew Cotes Wyatt (1777–1862). This is a mezzotint representation of a bright, exploding meteor seen over London in 1850. The image is dominated by the dark sky and streaking meteor, with rooftops and clouds just visible. The explosion and sparks of the meteor suggest that it was a bolide. It was drawn by Matthew Cotes Wyatt, who also produced the engraving so that "a faithfully graphic exhibition of its appearance might be more generally diffused". Wyatt was a painter and sculptor, and member of the Wyatt family of architects and sculptors. This meteor was evidently particularly spectacular and was widely reported, including in the Illustrated London News. The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society record that George Airy, Astronomer Royal, had observed this meteor, and James Glaisher, Second Assistant, published observations of it in the Philosophical Magazine. An inventory of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, from 1893 records that a copy of this print was displayed on the staircase to the Octagon Room in Flamsteed House. |
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| Date | 1850 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 325 x 454 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/263980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | id number: PAJ3495 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection | Fine art | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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