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Title
Comet Sweepers
Date
2013
Medium
bronze
Accession number
BA2_PF_S294
Acquisition method
commissioned for the Crest Nicholson Bath Riverside development
Work type
Sculpture
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
June 2013
Access
at all times
Inscription description
The Comet Sweepers / by Sculptor Patrick Haines, 2014 / William and Caroline Herschel, brother and sister / astronomers lived close to this site in King Street, / Bath which is now the Herschel Museum. / They would take their dining chairs out into their / garden, where William swept the night sky looking / for new stars and comets using his home made / telescope and Caroline assisted by taking notes and / recording his findings. / In 1781, William discovered the planet ‘Uranus’ and / was appointed as the Court Astronomer by / King George III
