Normandy Beach mb-artistname Edmund Thomas Parris Four diagrams of the appearance

Four diagrams of the appearance of the zodiacal light as it would appear when observed on 21 March at a latitude of 56 degrees south (figures 1 and 2) and at 56 degrees north (figures 3 and 4)

body turned to the viewer's right

This print originally appeared in Andre Thevet's La cosmographie universalle (1575)

It was thought that this position was favourable as it relaxed the muscles and allowed them to stretch equally

The gentleman of the King's Privy Chamber is in full ceremonial costume for the coronation of King George IV

Normandy Beach mb-artistname Edmund Thomas Parris Four diagrams of the appearance1946. Original is colour woodcut on paper.