'Transit of Venus December 6, 1882' Product:Postcard A prospect of the City

A prospect of the City from Temple to Wapping appears in the lower margin with a key to significant landmarks

is depicted opening his purse to give Policeman A1 an extra shilling per week in wages

Original: copperplate engraving

Frontispiece to volume 3 of the book: A collection of voyages

The verbal twist of black and white in the caption is illustrated by the little black figures issuing out of the smoking fireplace

'Transit of Venus December 6, 1882' Product:Postcard A prospect of the CityProjected appearance of the transit as viewed from London, using Ferguson's method of projection. Inscribed with the title above and annotated to explain the track of the planet: 'Ingress' and 'Egress below the horizon'. Supporting notes verso state that 'Out of four transits of Venus visible in this country during the last three hundred years, three occur under similar circumstances, that is, they commence here shortly before sunset' Original: ink on