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This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Type ART-Prints, Original Medium Print, Engraving on Paper, Uncolored Physical Description Uncolored engraving of a portrait of John Wilkins. Image shows him from the chest upwards, surrounded by a frame. John Wilkins (1614-1672), Bishop of Chester and a founder of the Royal Society, was the was the author of "The Discovery of a World in the Moone" (1638), and "A Discourse Concerning a New Planet" (1640). "Engraved for the Univerfal [sic.] Magazine. Printed for J. Hinton, at the Kings Arms in Paternoster Row." Dimensions Mat: 30.5 × 25.4cm (12 × 10 in.)
Unmatted: 21.3 × 12.2cm (8 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.)
 Inventory Number A20140630000 Credit Line Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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