Portrait of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) Size:S: 30 x 25cm 'Summer Fashions for 1838'

'Summer Fashions for 1838'

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Portrait of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) Size:S: 30 x 25cm 'Summer Fashions for 1838'Edmond Halley as an old man, wearing a loose black robe over a brown coat. Beneath that, a white shirt with a fine squared collar at the neck. He wears a grey wig, shoulder length and high up from the forehead. Behind him, in a curtained recess, are two bound books on a shelf. Another volume rests on a surface in front of Halley, over which lies, held in his right hand, a sheet of paper with a diagram of concentric circles. The figure is from 'An