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Edmond Halley

2 of 17 portraits on display in Room 13 at the National Portrait Gallery

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Edmond Halley

by Jacques Antoine Dassier
bronze medal, 1744
2 1/8 in. (54 mm) diameter
Given by Jacob Simon, 1993
Primary Collection
NPG 6235

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Edmond Halley (1656-1742), Astronomer. Sitter in 13 portraits.

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Jacques Antoine Dassier (1715-1780), Medallist. Artist of 7 portraits.

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NPG D7038: Edmond Halley ()

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Hart-Davis, Adam, Chain Reactions, 2000, p. 31
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 273

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