A female figure among astronomical apparatus: representing astronomy. Etching by F.D. Née after C-N. Cochin the younger, 1773.

  • Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790.
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1773
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25683i
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A female figure among astronomical apparatus: representing astronomy. Etching by F.D. Née after C-N. Cochin the younger, 1773. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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"Elle est representée avec une sphere selon le sisteme de Copernic, un télescope, des lunettes d'approche, et un quart de cercle. A coté d'elle, sur un papier déroulé, sont tracés des ellipses de cometes" (Cochin, loc. cit.)

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1773

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1 print : etching ; platemark 16.1 x 11.3 cm

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L'astronomie. N. Cochin del. 1773. D. Nee sculp.

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Wellcome Collection 25683i

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