Portrait of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) Webber The work had been carried

The work had been carried out by the Atlantic Telegraph Company

The Beatles set out on their celebrated tour of the West Country 11th September 1967

Original is oil on canvas 79x91

The scene as it appeared on the morning of Monday June 24th

one old and sleeping

Portrait of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) Webber The work had been carriedEdmond Halley as a relatively young man, apparently in his thirties. The sitter is shown at half length with long, dark naturally styled hair and has blue eyes. He is dressed in a loose brown robe with wide sleeves over a white shirt worn open at the neck. In his left hand he holds a sheet of paper upon which is drawn a diagram of an elliptical orbit. Edmond Halley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1678. Original: oil on canvas, 765x639mm.