Portrait of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) Webber View of No 32 Cornhill

View of No 32 Cornhill

one old and sleeping

'The loyal toast'

with a walking stick

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

Portrait of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) Webber View of No 32 CornhillEdmond 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.