Portrait of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) Size:S: 30 x 25cm View with Somerset House behind

View with Somerset House behind and to the left of the tower

Original: engraving

Duke of Albermarle in Grub Street

the Société Renault Frères employed 600 workers within four years

Portrait of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) Size:S: 30 x 25cm View with Somerset House behindEdmond 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