Portrait of Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor (1886-1975) Size:M: 75 x 50cm 5th July 1962

5th July 1962

Engraving of Tycho Brahe's bipartite arc for measuring small angular distances of stars ('Arcus bipartitus minoribus siderum distantiis inserviens')

no matter how much the French were to invest in their navy

A framed portrait of Queen Elizabeth I

Many of London's streets remained unpaved at this time

Portrait of Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor (1886-1975) Size:M: 75 x 50cm 5th July 1962A study of Taylor as a sleeping child, by his father, half face, one shoulder covered by a blanket. Inscribed on reverse: 'Geoffrey Taylor age about three years. Drawn by his father Edward Taylor. Left to Professor Kapitza by Sir Geoffrey October 12th 1976.' Geoffrey Ingram Taylor was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1919. Original: charcoal on paper. ca. 1889