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Johannes Eckstein (1735-1817)
Mock Astronomers c.1800
Pen and ink with watercolour over pencil | 26.5 x 20.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 917237
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A drawing of a group of men with telescopes, outside an inn, obversing the inn-sign of the sun and its reflection in the punch bowl on table. An owl on top of the sign. A monkey, left, looks through the wine bottle as if it were a telescope. Probably preparatory to Eckstein's satirical print 'The Transit of Mercury', which probably dates to around 1800. For an impression of this print see British Museum 1935,0522.9.149.
Provenance
Perhaps the 'drawing by Hickstein' purchased by the Prince of Wales from Colnaghi on January 14 1800 for £1 11s 6d (Royal Archives GEO/MAIN/27119)
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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink with watercolour over pencil
Measurements
26.5 x 20.4 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 17237
