'Projection of the eclipse of the Sun, October 29, 878, in the time of King Alfred' Size:M: 60 x 45cm 'The Hampton Hydra'

'The Hampton Hydra'

Man being bade farewell by his wife as he leaves home to attend the anniversary dinner of the Moralization and Melioration of the Metropolitan Population Association at the London Tavern

the former Liberal leader

The passengers

'Projection of the eclipse of the Sun, October 29, 878, in the time of King Alfred' Size:M: 60 x 45cm 'The Hampton Hydra'Projected appearance of the solar eclipse as viewed from London, using Ferguson's method of projection. Inscribed with the title above and inscribed '(Total at London)'. Additional notes appear verso, commencing: 'Among the medieval eclipses of interest in our own land, this one must have a place. It is just mentioned in the Saxon Chronicle. Tycho Brahe, in the 'Historia Celestis' refers to it' Original: ink on paper. 1882