Title

Jean-Sylvain Bailly

Caption

Jean-Sylvain Bailly, 15 September 1736, 12 November 1793, French astronomer and first mayor of Paris. Bailly became famous for calculating the orbit of Halley's Comet in 1759, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Date

Sep 07, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK22C28_474

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

50,0Mb (3,3Mb) / 13,2in x 14,8in / 3945 x 4433 (300dpi)

Keywords

1 person 12 15 1900s 19th century 19th-century Comet Comets France November Paris September Septembers art art work arts artwork artworks astronomer astronomers astronomy black black and white black-and-white black-white calculate calculating calculation calculations comet comets copy depiction depictions digital digitally distance distances drawn famed famous french historic historical illustration illustrations image image motif known as mayor mayors motif natural scientific nineteenth century one person orbit orbits photographic reproduction photographic reproductions renowned replica representation reproduction research restored science sciences scientific scientific research single person stories story tale twelve vintage woodcut woodcuts woodprint work of art xylograph year years Ile-de-France Western europe astronomic astronomical deep space digit drawing drawings natural science natural sciences number numbers old outer space reconstruction refurbishment restoration restoration work restorations sketch universe Ile-de-France