Observing Collection (#3)

Woman with a Child Afraid of a Dog, 17th century. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Woman with a Child Afraid of a Dog, 17th century. From the Museum of Fine Art, Budapest

A Village Bullfight, c1812-1814. Artist: Francisco Goya
A Village Bullfight, c1812-1814. From the Royal Academy of San Fernando, Madrid, Spain

Jean Henri Fabre, French entomologist, 1911. Artist: L Patriarche
Jean Henri Fabre, French entomologist, 1911. Fabre (1823-1915) examining specimens through a magnifying glass. He wrote numerous books on the anatomy and behaviour of insects

Galileo demonstrating his telescope, Venice, 1609 (1870). In this artists reconstruction Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian astronomer, mathematician and physicist

Paris Observatory, France, 1740. Astronomers using telescopes to observe objects in the night sky including Saturn and the Moon

Johannes Hevelius, German astronomer, 1647. Known now by the latinized form of his name - Jan Hewel or Hewelcke - Hevelius (1611-1687)

Explanation of principles of physics, 1725. The formation of a rainbow by dispersion and total internal reflection (top), and observing Newtons Rings (circular concentric interference fringes)

Observing a total solar eclipse, 1851 (1857). Members of the Edinburgh expedition on Bue Island, Norway, with their instruments set up ready for viewing the eclipse which occurred on 28 July 1851

Experiment showing that prismatic colours cannot be split further, 1747. From Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy confirm d by Experiment by Jean Theophilus Desaguliers

Missionaries showing the King of Siam a solar eclipse. The missionaries are projecting an image of the eclipse through a telescope onto a white surface and astounding the King and his court

Jean-Henri Fabre, French entomologist, c1890-1915
Jean-Henri Fabre, French entomologist, c early 20th century. Fabre (1823-1915), author of numerous books on the anatomy and behaviour of insects

Jean-Henri Fabre, French entomologist, c early 20th century. Fabre (1823-1915), author of numerous books on the anatomy and behaviour of insects, in his study at Serignan, Vaucluse, France

Refracting telescope without a tube, designed by Christiaan Huyghens c1650 (1724). From an edition of Huyghens Opera Varia, 1724

Amerigo Vespucci (1471-1512), Italian-born Spanish explorer. Vespucci observing the constellation of the Southern Cross. During his voyages

Ptolemy, Alexandrian Greek astronomer and geographer, 1508. Ptolemy (Claudius of Ptolemaeus) (c100-c170 AD), using a quadrant to observe the Moon and stars. Urania, Muse of Astronomy, instructs him

The Siege of La Rochelle, 1628 (20th century). During the Renaissance, La Rochelle adopted Protestant ideas, and from 1568 became a centre for the Huguenots

Ptolemy (Claudius of Ptolemaeus c90-158), Alexandrian Greek astronomer and geographer. Ptolemy making observations using a quadrant

George Ellery Hale (1868-1938), American astronomer, observing sunspots, 1907. Hale was director of Yerkes (1895-1905) and Mount Wilson (1904-23) Observatories

Execution of Jean Desmartes, 1383 (19th / early 20th century). Artist: Jean-Paul Laurens
Execution of Jean Desmartes, 1383 (19th/early 20th century). Jean Desmartes and eleven notables are decapitated after the revolt of the maillotins in Paris. From the Hotel de Ville, Paris, France

Observing a solar eclipse, 1673. Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), a wealthy Polish brewer and councillor of Danzig, devoted much time and money to astronomy

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