Pegwell Bay, Kent – a Recollection of October 5th 1858 is an 1860 oil-on-canvas painting by British artist William Dyce, depicting the landscape at Pegwell Bay, on the east coast of Kent. Considered a
William Dyce, Pegwell Bay, Kent – a Recollection of October 5th 1858, 1860, Tate Britain.
William Powell Frith, Life at the Seaside, also known as Ramsgate Sands,1854
Comet Donati, or Donati's Comet, formally designated C/1858 L1 and 1858 VI, is a long-period comet named after the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Donati who first observed it on June 2, 1858. Af
Pegwell Bay, Kent – a Recollection of October 5th 1858
…depicts Dyce's wife and her two sisters in the act of collecting shells and fossils on the beach. The white streak depicted in the sky is a depiction of Donati's Comet. Dyce was born in Aberdeen, where his father was a doctor. An Anglo-Catholic, he had previously painted mainly portraits, religious paintings, and some…
Donati's Comet, Oxford, 7:30 p.m., 5 Oct. 1858 by [William Turner of Oxford]
Donati, the comet's discoverer.
The comet with both gas and dust tails depicted.
Donati's Comet inspired a large number of artists, such as James Poole.