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Portrait of Copernicus

lithograph

1839

Copernicus holding a small telescope in his left hand with his right holding a sheet of card covered with drawings resting on his lap. He is sitting. His full figure is shown leaning against a monument and a globe; landscape with a sun-dial in the background. Lithograph taken from the periodical Przyjaciel Ludu(Friend of the People, 1839, issue 35) based on a painting by Jan Krystian Gładysz

Copernican Library in Toruń