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Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Drawing.

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1821.

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Etching by J. MacArdell.

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Etching.

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Soft-ground etching.

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Etching by Beauvais, 1747, after C. Banks, 1746, after M. Descazeaux du Halley.

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Du Halley, Michel Descazeaux, 1710-1775

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Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Etching by Beauvais, 1747, after C. Banks, 1746, after M. Descazeaux du Halley.

Le Chevalier Michel Descazeaux du Halley, an eccentric. Etching by Beauvais, 1747, after C. Banks, 1746, after M. Descazeaux du Halley.