Print: Baxter - CL 361 - Parhelia was printed exclusively for a rare book, Milner's Astronomy and Scripture.
It represents the natural phenomena called mock suns. The book explains: "In 1698 the appearance exhibited in the frontispiece (this print) was seen in England. Beneath a dark and watery cloud the real sun shine out with his usual brightness as the centre there represented. On each side a false sun appeared of nearly equal brightness and perfectly white. At the same time, at a considerable distance, a half sun was seen. Many observations of Parhelia are on record . . . . Their cause is to be found in certain electrical conditions of the atmosphere and in its refractive property."
Wikipedia also adds “A sun dog (or sundog) or mock sun, also called a parhelion (plural parhelia) in atmospheric science, is an atmospheric optical phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to one or both sides of the Sun. Two sun dogs often flank the Sun within a 22° halo.
The sun dog is a member of the family of halos caused by the refraction of sunlight by ice crystals in the atmosphere. Sun dogs typically appear as a pair of subtly colored patches of light, around 22° to the left and right of the Sun, and at the same altitude above the horizon as the Sun”
Engraved under the print, is the title and "London: John Snow, Paternoster Row, 1843"; and on the right, "Printed in Oil Colours by G. Baxter (Patentee), 3, Charterhouse Square."
Date: 1843
Approx size (cm ht x w): 7 x 11.2 (print) 10.8 x 16.7 (page)
State: On full book page as issued
Condition: Excellent, minor toning to top of page and marks at bottom where it has been removed from the book