Structure of the Milky Way galaxy mb-width 5308 She has matching flowers in

She has matching flowers in her hair

rather unwisely

She is supported on Charles James Fox's knee

from the Picture in the Hall of University College

the other with two bugles

Structure of the Milky Way galaxy mb-width 5308 She has matching flowers inPlate 8 figure 4 from the paper 'On the construction of the heavens', by William Herschel, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 75 (1785), pp. 213 266. Illustration of a section through the galaxy, leading Herschel to the conclusion that 'our nebula is of the third form; that is: A very extensive, branching, compound Congeries of many millions of stars.' Inscribed in pencil verso with publication details. Not signed. Watermarked 'CP'