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Astronomers

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  • Astronomy: a large aerial (tubeless) telescope, in use by an astronomer. Engraving, 1757, after Ph. de La Hire.
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, his lover (Sarah Young) cries at the spectacle while two attendants attach chains to his legs; they are surrounded by other lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1735.
  • An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.
  • Astronomy: an astronomer in his study, reading, while holding a pair of dividers. Woodcut.
  • Astronomy: an astronomer [?] in his study, looking out of the window. Lithograph by M. Jackson after J. G.
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Catalogue

    • Archives and manuscripts

    Miscellany: United States of America, 19th-20th centuries

    | Date: 1831-1880 | Reference: MS.7428
    • Pictures
    • Online

    An insane man (Tom Rakewell) sits on the floor manically grasping at his head, while two attendants manacle his legs: his lover, Sarah Young, cries in distress, they are surrounded by lunatics at Bethlem hospital, London. Engraving by H. Fernell after W. Hogarth, 1735.

    Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. | Date: [ca, 1840?] | Reference: 20044i
    • Books

    Mikołaj Kopernik w świetle swej korespondencji / Jerzy Drewnowski.

    Drewnowski, Jerzy. | Date: 1978
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Miscellany: French, 18th century

    | Date: 1707-1814 | Reference: MS.7321
    • Books

    University vignettes : Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892 ; Part III / Alan Wesencraft.

    Wesencraft, Alan. | Date: 1977
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