Credit: ©The Royal Society
Image number: RS.6050
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Portrait of William Herschel
Date
1848
Sitter
William Herschel (1738 - 1822, German-British) , Astronomer
Creator
Edward Scriven (1775 - 1841, British) , Engraver
After
John Russell (1745 - 1806, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Library reference
24604
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 135mm
width (print): 135mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Portrait of William Herschel, half-length, seated left, facing viewer. Herschel holds a document showing a drawing of 'The Georgian Planet with its Satellites' [Uranus] which he discovered in 1781.
From A History of the Royal Society by Charles Richard Weld, Volume 7 (London, 1848).
From A History of the Royal Society by Charles Richard Weld, Volume 7 (London, 1848).
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