Structure of the Milky Way galaxy Size:XL: 120 x 60cm 'Muscicapa fusca'

'Muscicapa fusca'

South side of Aldgate (street)

Bust of General Charles Gordon

with boarding in front of it covered with advertisements

Structure of the Milky Way galaxy Size:XL: 120 x 60cm 'Muscicapa fusca'Plate 8 figure 4 from the paper 'On the construction of the heavens', by William Herschel, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 75 (1785), pp. 213 266. Illustration of a section through the galaxy, leading Herschel to the conclusion that 'our nebula is of the third form; that is: A very extensive, branching, compound Congeries of many millions of stars.' Inscribed in pencil verso with publication details. Not signed. Watermarked 'CP'