Chappe and the Transit of Venus, 1761

Chappe and the Transit of Venus, 1761

C009/4948 Rights Managed

Request low-res file

530 pixels on longest edge, unwatermarked

Request/Download high-res file

Uncompressed file size: 60.0MB

Downloadable file size: 8.7MB

Price image Pricing

Please login to use the price calculator


Caption: Chappe and the Transit of Venus, 1761. Historical artwork of the French astronomer Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (left, 1722-1769) in Tobolsk, Siberia, Russia, during his expedition to observe the transit of Venus on 6 June 1761. This scene depicts a large electrical storm. The local inhabitants thought Chappe was a magician, responsible for causing the bad weather with his observations. Transits by Venus across the Sun are rare, and Chappe travelled to Mexico to observe the following one in 1769, dying there of yellow fever. Artwork from the second volume (second period of 1888) of the French popular science weekly 'La Science Illustree'.


Keywords: 06/06/1761, 1700s, 1761, 1800s, 1888, 18th century, 19th century, 30s, 39, 6 june 1761, adult, annual volume, artwork, assistant, assistants, astronomer, astronomical, astronomy, ball lightning, black-and-white, caucasian, clouds, cowering, d'auteroche, electrical, electricity, equipment, european, expedition, fear, fearful, french, frightened, historical, history, human, illustration, jean-baptiste chappe, june, la science illustree, lightning, louis figuier, magazine, male, man, men, meteorological, meteorology, monochrome, observation, observations, observatory, observing, pauquet, people, person, popular science, research, researcher, russia, russian, scientist, sextant, siberia, siberian, storm, superstitious, surname c, thirties, tobolsk, transit of venus, weather, weekly
