Astronomers Collection (page 4)

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Donati (1826-1873) Italian Astronomer
XEE5028978 Portrait of Giovanni Battista Donati (1826-1873) Italian Astronomer; (add.info.: Portrait of Giovanni Battista Donati (1826-1873) Italian Astronomer); Stefano Bianchetti

Emperor Napoleon I meets Francois Arago (1786-1853) around 1806 - 1810 (engraving)
ELD4959609 Emperor Napoleon I meets Francois Arago (1786-1853) around 1806 - 1810 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info)

Play card of the Moon (left) and Justice (right). Card game of the court of Charles VI (1368-1422), France
NWI4961722 Play card of the Moon (left) and Justice (right). Card game of the court of Charles VI (1368-1422), France, 15th century

Friedrich Tietjen
3586331 Friedrich Tietjen; (add.info.: Photograph of Friedrich Tietjen (1834-1895) a German astronomer and director of Astronomisches Rechen-Institut

Willebrord Snellius
3586501 Willebrord Snellius; (add.info.: Portrait of Willebrord Snellius (1580-1626) a Dutch astronomer and mathematician. Dated 17th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Tapestry of the Astrolabes, c.1451-1500 (silk wool)
CUL4938892 Tapestry of the Astrolabes, c.1451-1500 (silk wool); Museo de Santa Cruz, Toledo, Spain; (add.info.: Tapestry of the astrolabe)

Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), Danish nobleman and astronomer, steel engraving from an book or magazine
UTD4916936 Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), Danish nobleman and astronomer, steel engraving from an book or magazine, about 1830s (engraving); (add.info.: Tycho Brahe (1546-1601)

Portrait of Frederick William Herschel
3522072 Portrait of Frederick William Herschel; (add.info.: Portrait of Frederick William Herschel (1738-1822) a German-born British astronomer, composer, and brother of Caroline Herschel

Paris Observatory in 1868, 1868
3478833 Paris Observatory in 1868, 1868; (add.info.: Using a small refractor to observe Mercury, Venus and Jupiter from the roof of the Paris Observatory in 1868)

Sir Edmund Halley
3507805 Sir Edmund Halley; (add.info.: Portrait of Sir Edmund Halley on a commemorative plate to mark the return of Halley's Comet 185-86.); Universal History Archive

Sir William Henry Mahoney Christie, c.1911 (print)
7339306 Sir William Henry Mahoney Christie, c.1911 (print) by Jacomb-Hood, George Percy (1857-1930) (after); 36.7x29 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Engraving depicting an experiment performed by William Herschel (1738-1822) a British astronomer and composer
UIG5425736 Engraving depicting an experiment performed by William Herschel (1738-1822) a British astronomer and composer, which investigated the heating effects of rays lying below the red end of

Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Giral, 1716 - 1795. Spanish general of the navy, explorer, scientist, author
UIG5419929 Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Giral, 1716 - 1795. Spanish general of the navy, explorer, scientist, author, astronomer, colonial administrator and the first Spanish governor of Louisiana

Antonio de Nebrija, 1441 - 1522, aka Antonio de Lebrija, Elio Antonio de Lebrija, Antonius Nebrissensis
UIG5419928 Antonio de Nebrija, 1441 - 1522, aka Antonio de Lebrija, Elio Antonio de Lebrija, Antonius Nebrissensis, and Antonio of Lebrixa

Engraving depicting Comet Klinkerfues flying across the night sky, discovered by Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues
UIG5426192 Engraving depicting Comet Klinkerfues flying across the night sky, discovered by Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues. Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues (1827-1884) a German astronomer

Engraving depicting Comet Coggia, a non-periodic comet, discovered by JŽr™me Eugne Coggia
UIG5426173 Engraving depicting Comet Coggia, a non-periodic comet, discovered by JŽr™me Eugne Coggia. JŽr™me Eugne Coggia 1849-1919) a French astronomer. Dated 19th Century ©UIG/Leemage

Engraving depicting the Great Comet of 1882 seen from Buenos Aires, South America. Dated 19th Century ©UIG/Leemage
UIG5426166 Engraving depicting the Great Comet of 1882 seen from Buenos Aires, South America. Dated 19th Century ©UIG/Leemage

Engraving depicting the testing of glass for the 26-inch refractor built by Alvan Clark
UIG5426147 Engraving depicting the testing of glass for the 26-inch refractor built by Alvan Clark. Alvan Clark (1804-1887) an American astronomer and telescope maker. Dated 19th Century; UIG

Engraving depicting an astronomer and his female assistant observing Mercury
UIG5426138 Engraving depicting an astronomer and his female assistant observing Mercury, Venus and Jupiter from a roof top observatory in Paris. Dated 19th Century; UIG

Engraving depicting a 23-inch refractor built by Alvan Clark (1804-1887) an American astronomer and telescope maker
UIG5426136 Engraving depicting a 23-inch refractor built by Alvan Clark (1804-1887) an American astronomer and telescope maker. Dated 19th Century; UIG

Engraving depicting Johannes Hevelius's observatory at Gansk. Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) a Polish astronomer
UIG5426120 Engraving depicting Johannes Hevelius's observatory at Gansk. Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) a Polish astronomer, councillor and mayor of Danzig. Dated 17th Century; UIG

Engraving depicting a small refractor mounted on a wheeled frame. To the right of the observer
UIG5426118 Engraving depicting a small refractor mounted on a wheeled frame. To the right of the observer, and mounted parallel to the main tube, is the finder

Engraving depicting Tycho Brahe's Observatory in Uraniborg, a school in Sweden
UIG5426109 Engraving depicting Tycho Brahe's Observatory in Uraniborg, a school in Sweden. Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) a Danish nobleman. Dated 17th Century; UIG

Engraving depicting a Brewster Stereoscope. David Brewster (1781-1868) a Scottish physicist, mathematician, astronomer
UIG5425891 Engraving depicting a Brewster Stereoscope. David Brewster (1781-1868) a Scottish physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, writer, historian of science and university principle

Portrait of Thomas Dick, 1838-50 (stipple engraving)
7340554 Portrait of Thomas Dick, 1838-50 (stipple engraving) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); 29.6x21.6 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Nevil Maskelyne (1732 -1811), c.1776 (chalk on paper)
7340699 Nevil Maskelyne (1732 -1811), c.1776 (chalk on paper) by Russell, John (1745-1806); National Maritime Museum, London

Sir William Herschel (1738-1822) (print)
7342119 Sir William Herschel (1738-1822) (print) by Artaud, William (1763-1823); 31.7x25.6 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Francois Arago (1786-1853) French politician physicist and astronomer, director of the observatory of Paris, engraving
1707879 Francois Arago (1786-1853) French politician physicist and astronomer, director of the observatory of Paris, engraving; (add.info)

Franz Anton Mesmer (engraving)
1700879 Franz Anton Mesmer (engraving); (add.info.: Franz Anton Mesmer (23 May 1734 - 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy.)

Engraving of Joseph Norman Lockyer, 1889 (engraving)
1574554 Engraving of Joseph Norman Lockyer, 1889 (engraving); (add.info.: Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920). English spectroscopist and astronomer. Detected and named Helium

Polish Astronomer Nicholas Copernicus, 1810 (engraving)
1574475 Polish Astronomer Nicholas Copernicus, 1810 (engraving); (add.info.: Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer who was first since Greek times to propose a heliocentric universe

Demonstration of the Earth's rotation using (Jean Bernard) Leon Foucault's Pendulum, 1887 (engraving)
535581 Demonstration of the Earth's rotation using (Jean Bernard) Leon Foucault's Pendulum, 1887 (engraving); (add.info)

Galileo Galilei demonstrating his telescope to the Doge and Venetian Senators, 1609. Engraving, 1747
533591 Galileo Galilei demonstrating his telescope to the Doge and Venetian Senators, 1609. Engraving, 1747.; (add.info.: Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Italian astronomer & mathematician

Jean Baptiste Biot (1774-1862)
863519 Jean Baptiste Biot (1774-1862); (add.info.: Jean Baptiste Biot (1774-1862) French physicist and astronomer. In 1804, with Gay-Lussac

Portrait of Jean-Dominique
673295 Portrait of Jean-Dominique; (add.info.: Jean-Dominique, comte de Cassini (30 June 1748 - 18 October 1845) was a French astronomer); Universal History Archive/UIG

Portrait of Alvan Clark
673274 Portrait of Alvan Clark; (add.info.: Alvan Clark (8 March 1804 - 19 August 1887), born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, the descendant of a Cape Cod whaling family of English ancestry

Portrait of Galileo, book illustration (lithograph)
BAL71329 Portrait of Galileo, book illustration (lithograph); Biblioteca Nazionale, Turin, Italy

Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, 1738-1822 (engraving)
8632207 Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, 1738-1822 (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, 1738-1822)

Copernicus (engraving)
8669264 Copernicus (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Copernicus. "In the azure canopy he saw the stars, no longer stationary)

First page of "Dioptricen Praefatio", by Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), 17th century (printed monograph)
AIS5354024 First page of "Dioptricen Praefatio", by Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), 17th century (printed monograph); (add.info)

World map after Ptolemy, 1513 (coloured woodcut)
7339798 World map after Ptolemy, 1513 (coloured woodcut) by Unknown Artist, (16th century); 44x58 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: unknown)

Sir William Herschel (1738-1822), c.1795 (oil on panel)
7337932 Sir William Herschel (1738-1822), c.1795 (oil on panel) by Russell, John (1745-1806); 36.3x31x8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Portrait of Sir George Biddell Airy, 1883 (oil on canvas)
7340895 Portrait of Sir George Biddell Airy, 1883 (oil on canvas) by Collier, John (1850-1934); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Portrait of Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-1892)

Systeme de Copernic, 1761 (engraving)
7340112 Systeme de Copernic, 1761 (engraving) by Desnos, Louis-Charles (c.1725-c.1800); 55.2x39.1 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), 17th century (oil painting)
7337904 Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), 17th century (oil painting) by Cochin, Nicolas (1610-86); 61x50.8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

A Solar Eclipse in Siam, c.1700 (watercolour)
8698472 A Solar Eclipse in Siam, c.1700 (watercolour) by French School, (18th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: Science. Astronomy)

Alexis Bouvard, french astronomer, 1869 (engraving)
6426250 Alexis Bouvard, french astronomer, 1869 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alexis Bouvard (1767-1843), french astronomer and professor, 1869 (engraving)); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

ASTRONOMER who observes the sky, 1695 (engraving)
7272494 ASTRONOMER who observes the sky, 1695 (engraving); (add.info.: ASTRONOMER who observes the sky. Illustration draft from "Almanac of the dead man")

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"Astronomers: Exploring the Vast Universe through Time and Space" In the realm of celestial wonders, they have always been at the forefront, unraveling the mysteries of our vast universe. From Caspar David Friedrich's evocative painting "Two Men Contemplating the Moon" to James Clerk Maxwell's groundbreaking contributions in physics, their relentless pursuit has shaped our understanding. As we gaze upon "The Astronomers Waiting for the Eclipse, " a sense of anticipation fills the air. Their eyes fixed on the heavens above, they patiently await a cosmic spectacle that will reveal secrets hidden within its darkness. A Mars map from 1881 reminds us of their tireless efforts to chart distant worlds and bring them closer to our grasp. Traveling back in time, we encounter Arab astronomers from 1513 who meticulously observed celestial bodies with awe-inspiring precision. Through their work showcased in "Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum, " they laid foundations for future generations to explore uncharted territories beyond Earth. Fast forward to 1958 when Soviet satellite monitoring revolutionized astronomical research. With cutting-edge technology at their disposal, these modern-day pioneers delved deeper into space than ever before, capturing unimaginable images that expanded our horizons. But let us not forget those who merged science and spirituality - astronomer-priests whose devotion led them to seek answers among stars and constellations. They believed that by deciphering heavenly patterns, they could unlock profound truths about existence itself. James Gregory and Galileo Galilei stand as towering figures in this captivating narrative. Gregory's mathematical prowess paved new paths for astronomy while Galileo fearlessly challenged conventional wisdom with his revolutionary observations captured beautifully in copperplate engravings like no other. With each passing era, astronomers continue pushing boundaries further into unexplored realms of knowledge. Their insatiable curiosity fuels humanity's quest for understanding our place amidst countless galaxies.