Portrait of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) Size:M: 60 x 45cm In debate the lady rejects

In debate the lady rejects Comus' hedonistic philosophy and defends temperance and chastity

View with two figures and two dogs by a barrow

two of them armed

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Portrait of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) Size:M: 60 x 45cm In debate the lady rejectsEdmond Halley as an old man, wearing a loose black robe over a lighter coat. Beneath that, a white shirt with a fine squared collar at the neck. He wears a shoulder length wig. Behind him, in a curtained recess, are two bound books on a shelf. Inscribed 'Engraved by W. T. Fry from an original Picture ascribed to Dahl in the possession of the Royal Society. HALLEY. WILLIAM MACKENZIE, GALSGOW EDINBURGH LONDON & NEW YORK'. Edmond Halley was elected a