Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.1736
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Portrait of Caroline Lucretia Herschel
Date
1912
Sitter
Caroline Lucretia Herschel (1750 - 1848, British) , Astronomer
After
Melchior Gommar Tieleman (1784 - 1864, Belgian) , Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 314mm
width (print): 255mm
width (print): 255mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Caroline Herschel, aged 78 years. The sitter looks toward the viewer’s left and wears an elaborate lace collar and cap.
Inscribed: “Caroline Herschel From an oil painting by Tielemann 1829. In the possession of Sir W.J. Herschel, Bart.”
Inscribed: “Caroline Herschel From an oil painting by Tielemann 1829. In the possession of Sir W.J. Herschel, Bart.”
Transcription
Caroline Herschel From an oil painting by Tielemann 1829. In the possession of Sir W.J. Herschel, Bart
Object history
Commissioned for The scientific papers of Sir William Herschel...edited under the direction of a joint committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical Society (London, Royal Society and RAS, 1912). This print appeared in volume 2, facing p.651.
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