The Moon (John Russell) Collection_Queen's House and Greenwich with a cream colour dial

with a cream colour dial and black hands

and it was the combination of the two which finally made navigation a science rather than guesswork

the Milky Way shines between the cherry blossom trees

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Artist: Nikolaus Visscher

The Moon (John Russell) Collection_Queen's House and Greenwich with a cream colour dialPastel drawing entitled 'The Moon' by John Russell. The drawing was completed with a micrometer and remained the most accurate delineation of the moon until the introduction of photography. These drawings were the basis of his moon globe, Selenographia, GLB0140. Artist: John Russell Date: circa 1787