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Greetings, Julie and everyone. My friend Claudia Swan, a historian
of Dutch art, forwarded Julie Vandivere's query about the painting
to a friend of hers, another expert, who replied (below). <br>
<br>
Christine <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p>Dear
Claudia, <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
lang="NL">(<i>Ik schrijf even in het Engels ten behoeve
van je correspondent</i>) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
lang="NL"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This
really is an interesting painting! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Without
doubt the object is a spyglass, probably with one drawtube
which in the painting is in the collapsed position. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
two white circles are protective caps: one for the eye
glass and the other for the objective lens. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">At
the time these costly hand held telescopes were made of
ivory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">(See
also the page from my book on the Louwman collection)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Actually
the most prominent telescope maker of 17<sup>th</sup>
century England was Richard Reeve(s), who was educated as
an ivory turner. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">(See:
A.D.C. Simpson, ‘Richard Reeve — The ‘English Campani’ —
And the origins of the London telescope-making tradition’,
<i>Vistas in Astronomy</i>, Volume 28, Part 1, 1985, Pages
357-365). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">See
for instance also the trade card of John Yarwell from
1683.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">However,
the assumed date of the painting can NOT be 1610. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">In
my view the costumes can be dated a few decades later, in
the period 1640-1660? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">That
would also make more sense with the object, which in my
feeling also must be from that time span. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Besides,
the second son of Edward, 4th Earl of Dorset was born in
1622! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Nevertheless,
it must be one of the earliest depictions of an ivory
spyglass. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">By
the way, what is a ‘Necco wafer’?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">My
very best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Huib
Zuidervaart <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">----------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dr.
Huib J. Zuidervaart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Senior
Historian of Science <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Huygens
Institute for the History of the Netherlands </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Royal
Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences - KNAW<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
lang="NL"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.huygens.knaw.nl"><span lang="EN-US">www.huygens.knaw.nl</span></a></span></i><i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">P.O.
Box 90.754<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">NL-2509
LT The Hague<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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lang="NL">Van:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"
lang="NL"> Claudia Swan [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:c-swan@northwestern.edu">mailto:c-swan@northwestern.edu</a>]
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<b>Verzonden:</b> dinsdag 7 oktober 2014 2:04<br>
<b>Aan:</b> Huib Zuidervaart<br>
<b>Onderwerp:</b> Fwd: home<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NL"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="NL">[…]</span><span
lang="NL"><br>
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Ik schrijf dadelijk een antwoord </span><span
style="color:#1F497D" lang="NL">[…] </span><span
lang="NL">maar dacht, als iemand een antwoord heeft op de
vraag hieronder (over de kleine witte cirkels) dan ben jij
het, oder? <br>
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</span>Hartelijke groet, <br>
Claudia <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">[Vwoolf] What do you think
these are?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mon, 29 Sep 2014 14:20:09
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<p class="MsoNormal">Vandivere, Julie <a
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href="mailto:jvandive@bloomu.edu"><jvandive@bloomu.edu></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:right"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu">vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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The first edition of Orlando had this as one of its
illustrations. What do you think the little white
circles are on the table? <span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I know the illustration was done at
Knole by an unknown artist and is of Edward Sackville
West "The Two Sons of Edward, 4th Earl of Dorset by
Cornelius Nule in about 1610. In Orlando, the painting
appears in black and white, but here I am including
the colored one because I would love speculation on
what the two white dots on the table are. They look
like felt pads. I know this might seem a bit silly,
but I'm using the painting to make an argument.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">They look like felt pads and might
be to guard the glass on the telescope that is lying
on the table. <span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But I'd hate to make that argument
without some input. Necco wafers?<o:p></o:p></p>
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