Donati's Comet, 2 October 1858 Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm with George II seated on

with George II seated on the throne to the rear

Both Frank Williams and Ferrari wanted to sign him

exposing the teeth

Book seller with a stall under a tree in Moorfields

executed by F

Donati's Comet, 2 October 1858 Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm with George II seated onAstronomical study of the head of Donati's Comet observed through the 15 inch refracting telescope at the observatory of Harvard College. Donati's Comet was one of the brightest to be seen in the 19th century and was the first to be photographed (by G. P. Bond and others). It was discovered by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Donati (1826 1873). Plate 1 from the monograph An account of Donati's Comet of 1858, by George P. Bond (Cambridge,