Portrait of Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) Product:Greetings card possibly Fallieres himself

possibly Fallieres himself

9th March 1967

John Locke was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1668

head of Jupiter

'The Lighthouse at Cape Chersonese

Portrait of Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) Product:Greetings card possibly Fallieres himselfHalf length portrait showing Tycho Brahe at full face, with thinning dark hair and a full beard with long moustaches. He wears a prosthetic nose [his real nose was cut off in a duel]. Brahe's face is bordered by a white ruff collar and he is dressed in a dark coat with gold buttons. He wears a triple gold chain from which hangs a medallion with a classical head in profile. His left hand rests on a celestial globe showing a cartouche [not legible] and