'The four wheel'd orrery' vinegar 'The brilliancy of Venus [top

'The brilliancy of Venus [top left of image] was a spectacle which was naturally contemplated as in harmony with the rest of the day

Arfons survived without serious injury

The model for the painting is possibly George White

Satyrus Tulpii and Pygmaeus Edwardi from thesis CV 'Anthropomorpha' by Christianus Emmanuel Hoppius

'The four wheel'd orrery' vinegar 'The brilliancy of Venus [topThe four wheel'd orrery' from A dissertation upon the phaenomena of the harvest Moon; also, The description and use of a new four wheel'd orrery, and an Essay upon the Moon's turning round on her own axis, by James Ferguson (London, 1747). James Ferguson (17101776) was a natural philosopher and inventor of scientific instruments. An orrery is a mechanical model of the Solar System, based on Copernican principles. Original: engraving. 1747