0RL 00000nz 22000003 45 001 cnp00976504 035 $zcnp00133947 100 $a20070115xmuly50 ba 110 $a0 200 1$aHipparchus$rNicaenus$cDE$5GyFmDB$cDE$5GyGoGBV 290 $aDer kleine Pauly 300 1$8ger$aGriech. Astronom und Geograph 340 01$8ger$a2. Jh. v. Chr- 350 1$0acti$8ger$aPersonen zu Geografie, Heimat- und Länderkunde (19.1dp)$uhttp://d-nb.info/standards/vocab/gnd/gnd-sc#19.1dp$2sswd 350 1$0acti$8ger$aPersonen zu Astronomie, Weltraumforschung (20p)$uhttp://d-nb.info/standards/vocab/gnd/gnd-sc#20p$2sswd 350 1$0acti$8ger$aAstronom$uhttp://d-nb.info/gnd/4003310-7$2gnd 350 1$0acti$8ger$aGeograf$uhttp://d-nb.info/gnd/4020214-8$2gnd 350 1$0acti$8ger$aGeograph und Astronom 356 1$0geon$8ger$aGriechenland (Altertum 356 1$0geon$8und$aXS$2iso3166-1 400 01$aHipparchos$rAstronom$0varn 400 01$aHipparchos$rBithynos$0varn 400 01$aHipparchos$rGeograph$0varn 400 01$aHipparchos$rvon Chalkis$0varn 400 01$aHipparchos$rvon Nikaia$0varn 400 01$aHipparchus$0varn 400 01$aHipparchus$rAstronomicus$0varn 400 01$aHipparchus$rAstronomus$0varn 400 01$aHipparchus$rBithynius$0varn 400 01$aHipparchus$rBithynus$0varn 400 01$aHipparchus$rGeographus$0varn 400 01$aHipparchus$rNicaeensis$0varn 400 01$aHipparchus$rof Nicaea$0varn 400 01$aHipparchus$rvon Nikaia$0varn 400 01$aHipparque$rde Nicée$0varn 400 01$aHipparque$rle Rhodien$0varn 400 01$aIpparco$rAstronomo$0varn 400 01$aIpparco$rGeografico$0varn 400 01$aIpparco$rdi Nicea$0varn 801 $aDE$bGyGoGBV$c20020831$n139713131 801 $aDE$bGND$c20180425$n100499651 831 0$acnp00284844 831 0$acnp00284845 831 0$acnp00284846 831 0$acnp00284847 956 8$0same$nVIAF$yhttp://viaf.org/viaf/302240082$8eng$zClustered authority record 956 8$0same$nDNBI$yhttp://d-nb.info/gnd/100499651$8eng$zAuthority record 956 8$0same$nWDAT$yhttp://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q159905$8eng$zWikidata description set 956 9$0bibl$nKAPE$y100499651$8eng$zManuscript material 956 3$0dpct$nLINK$yhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/File:Head of Hipparchus (cropped).jpg$cWilliam Henry Smyth / George F. Chambers, A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy, Vol. 3 (4th ed.) https://archive.org/details/handbookofdescri0003geor/page/n10/mode/1up -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Head of Hipparchus (cropped).jpg$8und$zThis engraving was made based on a carved amethyst depicting Hipparchus (CARC:1839-881) included among the Poniatowski gems, a collection of early 19th century forgeries passed off as antique engraved gems.
It is described in Poniatowski's 1833 catalog (VIII.2.60, vol. 1, p. 105, vol. 2, p. 52):
"... Dans le champ de cette pierre on voit une étoile et en beaux caractères le nom du sujet. Améthyste."
[In the field of this stone we see a star and in beautiful characters the name of the subject. Amethyst.]
The gem was sold at auction in 1839 (Christie's: A catalogue of the very celebrated collection of antique gems of the Prince Poniatowski ..., No. 881) and its whereabouts since are unknown, but in 1842 British naval officer William Henry Smyth sent a letter to the (American) National Institute for the Promotion of Science:
Bulletin of the Proceedings of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science, 3 (1842), 1845, Stated Meeting, September 12, 1842, Letters and Communications, p. 258, "From W. H. Smyth, Chelsea, England, August 20, 1842: Acknowledging bulletin No. 2, and forwarding his privately printed catalogue of Roman brass medals; also, specimens of impressions of the head of Hipparchus, from the Poniatowski-gem, intended as a vignette illustration of his work."
The engraving here was first used for the title page of Smyth's 1844 book:
Smyth, William Henry (1844), A Cycle of Celestial Objects, vol. 2, John W. Parker, title page
In 1965 this was the source for a Greek stamp celebrating Hipparchus. See:
Wilson, Robin (1989). "Stamp corner". The Mathematical Intelligencer. 11 (1): 72. doi:10.1007/bf03023779 998 $a20070115$b12:00:00 999 $a20071020$b10:19:14 999 $a20071030$b12:00:00 999 $a20081218$b09:51:21 999 $a20181212$b12:00:00 999 $a20190503$b12:00:00 999 $a20190925$b12:00:00 999 $a20200914$b12:00:00 999 $a20240208$b12:00:00