Portrait of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) mb-artistname M & N Hanhart View of two street trams

View of two street trams in front of Marble Arch

sponsored by the German Government

as demonstrated in this cartoon

Found in the collection of the Kunsthalle

at a Wardmote Inquest

Portrait of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) mb-artistname M & N Hanhart View of two street tramsEdmond Halley as an old man, wearing a loose black robe over a lighter coat. Beneath that, a white shirt with a fine squared collar at the neck. He wears a shoulder length wig. Behind him, in a curtained recess, are two bound books on a shelf. Inscribed 'Engraved by W. T. Fry from an original Picture ascribed to Dahl in the possession of the Royal Society. HALLEY. WILLIAM MACKENZIE, GALSGOW EDINBURGH LONDON & NEW YORK'. Edmond Halley was elected a