Francis Baily Esqr. D.C.L. Ox. & Dub. ; President of the Royal Astronomical Society : engraving.

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Francis Baily Esqr. D.C.L. Ox. & Dub. ; President of the Royal Astronomical Society : engraving.

Three-quarter length standing portrait of Baily painted by the English portraitist, Thomas Phillips.

1 engraving ; 43 5 x 35 cm. on sheet 61 x 48.5 cm.

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Phillips, Thomas, 1770-1845

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Portrait painter. From the description of Letter, 1842. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81797662 Dudley, Warwicks 1770-1845 London. From the description of Miniature of James Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) [painting]. [ca. 1810-1820] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906526 The English portrait painter Thomas Phillips was born in 1770. He left school at age 13 to be apprenticed to a glass painter in Birmingham. In 1790 he moved to London to study...

Lupton, Thomas Goff, 1791-1873

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English engraver. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Alex Hill, 1840 Aug. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270956232 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Gordon, 1825 Mar. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270847044 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Mr. Gosden, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590992 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Alexander...

Baily, Francis, 1774-1844

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In 1795 he went to America and had some adventures. Returning in 1798 he became a London stockbroker and published successful works on annuities and assurances. He then turned his attention to astronomy and in 1825 retired from business. He greatly advanced astronomy by his revision of star catalogs, his simplified tables for reduction of aberration, mutation, etc. He reformed the Nautical Almanac. In 1843 he received the Astronomical Society's gold medal for his determination of the weight of t...