Portrait of Samuel Vince at work in his study, Helluones librorum, The astronomer and mathematician Samuel Vince sits behind his writing desk in his study room at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Scattered around the room are several of his publications. On the wall hangs a clock and a print depicting the transit of Venus; in the cupboard is a globe. In the foreground, an emaciated cat walks., print maker: John Kirby Baldrey, (mentioned on object), print maker: Francis Jukes, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Robert Courbold Chilton, (mentioned on object), Cambridge, c. 1784, paper, et

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Portrait of Samuel Vince at work in his study, Helluones librorum, The astronomer and mathematician Samuel Vince sits behind his writing desk in his study room at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Scattered around the room are several of his publications. On the wall hangs a clock and a print depicting the transit of Venus; in the cupboard is a globe. In the foreground, an emaciated cat walks., print maker: John Kirby Baldrey, (mentioned on object), print maker: Francis Jukes, (mentioned on object), after drawing by: Robert Courbold Chilton, (mentioned on object), Cambridge, c. 1784, paper, etching, height 268 mm × width 362 mm

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