File:The Astronomers' Club RMG F8252.tiff
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The Astronomers' Club
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| Artist | _-_The_Astronomers%27_Club_-_ZBA4409_-_Royal_Museums_Greenwich.jpg) | |||||||||||
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The Astronomers' Club  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||
| Description |
English: The Astronomers' Club This painting of the Astronomers Club shows a group of men presumably attending a meeting of this generic ‘astronomers’ club’. One is looking through a large telescope facing another, presumably taking notes. A third man is looking through a smaller hand held telescope. Though it seems unlikely this painting is of a specific astronomy club it does typify a scene common in the late 18th early 19th century. Smirke was a popular artist in his day, best known for his depictions of scenes from Shakespeare's plays. He was a member of the Royal Academy, although his democratic and republican views meant that George III refused to ratify his election as keeper of the Royal Academy in 1804. There is a printed label on the back of the mahogany panel which reads: Royal Dublin Society Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1861 71E (mss) Received from 201 (mss) Name: Mr Sotheby (mss) Address: Wellington Street (mss)' Mr Sotheby is almost certainly Samuel Leigh Sotheby (1805-1861) - see Oxford DNB - from a family of autioneers and booksellers based in Wellington Street. The plaque on the back refers in all probability to Sotheby's role as dealer of this piece. The Royal Dublin Society however have no record of this painting being exhibited by them in 1861. |
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| Date | between 1770 and 1845 | |||||||||||
| Dimensions | Frame: 380 mm x 345 mm x 70 mm;Overall: 2 kg;Painting: 235 mm x 190 mm | |||||||||||
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ZBA4409 |
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/384735 | |||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
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: ZBA4409 | |||||||||||
| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||
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