Portrait of Joseph Jerome Lefrancois de Lalande (1732-1807) Size:Large: 7 x 5in 'Great Lion Show'

'Great Lion Show'

With a group of figures gathered around a clergyman in the graveyard

some on horseback and a large standard

Plate 12 figure 36 for the paper 'Observations of nebulae and clusters of stars

Portrait of Joseph Jerome Lefrancois de Lalande (1732-1807) Size:Large: 7 x 5in 'Great Lion Show'Head and shoulders portrait of Lalande, shown bare headed and half facing to the left as viewed. Inscribed: 'Grav d'apres l'orginal peint par Ely par Jouannin. J. DE LALANDE Celebre Astronome ne en 1782 mort en 1807.' In pencil lower left '1763'. Joseph Jrme Lefranois de Lalande was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763. Original: line and stipple engraving. 19th century