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Description: | Painting, Sunspot, James Nasmyth (1808-1890), 1860. Oil, lampblack and distemper on paper, irregular corners at bottom, 42x45.5cm, backed with Holland linen to edge 43.5x47cm. Scaled: 10000 [over c10inches/25cm ruled]. Sunspot viewed by Nasmyth through his telescope at Penshurst, and painted with photographic accuracy to show the willowleaf granulation and lightbridge features. Solar willow-leaves, or, an account of the great Spot in the sun, as observed by Mr Nasmyth, in July, 1860. With an illustration from a drawing by Mr. Nasmyth/Josiah Crampton. To left: black disc annotated 'The Earth' to the same scale. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | painting | Temporal: | 1860 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Nasmyth, James | Identifier: | http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/grab... | Go to resource |
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