- Title:
- Astronomy
- Object name(s):
- oil painting; oil painting
- Brief description:
- Painting. [Astronomy] by Alfred Thomson, R.A., 1954. - Oil on canvas, 15 x 24ft [sight]. - Signed and dated on centre lower edge. - Commissioned by the Science Museum for its main entrance stairwell; top left corner is cut to follow shape of staircase. - Mural depicting the development of the telescope; Galileo is the central figure, with a group symbolising the disapproval of authority to the advancement of science. The 200-foot telescope of Mount Palomar is shown. Commission represents the conflict between pre-scientific and scientific attitudes to cosmology.
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated concept:
- oil painting
- Associated person:
- Galileo Galilei
- Person's association:
- association
- Associated person:
- Science Museum
- Person's association:
- association
- Associated person:
- Palomar Observatory
- Person's association:
- depicted
- Associated place:
- Palomar mountain
- Place association:
- depicted
- Credit line:
- Mr. A.R. Thomson.
- Material:
- oil paint on canvas
- Object name:
- oil painting; oil painting
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1954
- Date - latest:
- 1954
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1954
- Date - latest:
- 1954
- Object production person:
- Thomson, Alfred Reginald
- Object production place:
- England, United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 1954-192
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- R2001580
- Other number type:
- Libertas ID Number
- Other number:
- SML2001580
- Other number type:
- Libertas ID Number
- Other number:
- 9241/1/8
- Other number type:
- file number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Art
- Right holder:
- Science Museum
- Right type:
- Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bfd0566f-60aa-3535-bad8-feb6e5371d04
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bfd0566f-60aa-3535-bad8-feb6e5371d04, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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