Professor Liversidge's observations of the transit of Venus Size:L: 90 x 60cm 1st Earl of Orford (Second

1st Earl of Orford (Second Creation)

In the foreground figures can be seen gathered round a fire while a horse and rider gallop past on the road

Both of the women are wearing high waisted muslin dresses

Jesse Ramsden was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1786

mounting from a blanket'

Professor Liversidge's observations of the transit of Venus Size:L: 90 x 60cm 1st Earl of Orford (SecondProfessor Liversidge's observations of the processes of egress and illumination on planet during the transit of Venus, 9 December 1874. Illustration from Observations of the transit of Venus, by H C Russell (Sydney, 1892). Original: lithograph . 1892