M.97 the Owl Nebula Size:XL: 100 x 100cm A satirical cartoon relating to

A satirical cartoon relating to the Gin Act of 1751

The decorative border incorporates insurance company seals and firemen carrying buckets

ruffled at the wrist and white necktie

The little victualler is rewarded by the new Conservative Home Secretary

M.97 the Owl Nebula Size:XL: 100 x 100cm A satirical cartoon relating toPlate 10 figure 32 for the paper "Observations of nebulae and clusters of stars, made at Slough, with a twenty feet reflector, between the years 1825 and 1833", by Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, v. 123 (1833), pp. 359 505. Inscribed verso, in pencil, "Mess[ier] 97 ?". The printed version has no query attached. With right ascension, North polar distance, sweep number and diameter of 2. 5 minutes.