On 30/06/2011 16:14, Schechner, Sara wrote:
Tony,
You were wondering about the source of the print of an Victorian
gentleman checking his pocket watch against a sundial in a garden.
The image is from the title page of
. Title: Time and Time-Tellers
. Author: James W. Benson
. Publisher: Robert Hardwicke
Keywords: time anthology historic
Notes: Historic book introducing horology to the educated layman
through specific examples, illustrated
Edition: 1875 -- Copyright: 1875
Kind: Book
Pages: 189 -- Height in cm: 19
Print Status: out of print
You can see it here on Google Books:
http://books.google.com/books?id=UygJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR7#v=twopage&q&f=false
<http://books.google.com/books?id=UygJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR7#v=twopage&q&f=false>
The image was formerly used as the logo for the National Association
of Watch and Clock Collectors, frequently with the motto, Tempus vitam
regit. Some affectionately refer to it as the "old timer."
Best wishes,
Sara
Sara J. Schechner, Ph.D.
David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific
Instruments
Department of the History of Science, Harvard University
Science Center 251c, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617-496-9542 | Fax: 617-496-5932 | [email protected]
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept/chsi.html
Many Thanks for this Sara,
Very interesting but certainly
this wasn't my source. It's an attractive image so it must have been
used elsewhere and was eventually copied to me.
Regards,
Tony
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