Richard Anthony Proctor Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Richard Anthony Proctor NPG Ax18211

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by William Notman

In 1865 Procter published his first book, Saturn and his System, at his own expense. Although not a commercial success, Proctor was recognised at once by the scientific community as a writer of consummate ability. An expert in all that related to map-drawing, he published two star-atlases and made contributions to the field of astronomy with research on the stellar system, the law of distribution of stars, their motions, the relations between stars and the nebulae, and the general constitution of the heavens. In 1869... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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