Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9289
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Artist’s impression of the Great Melbourne Telescope
Date
1863
Creator
W. H. Wesley, Artist
After
Thomas Grubb (1800 - 1878, Irish)
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 199mm
width (print): 240mm
width (print): 240mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Contemporary artist’s impression of the Great Melbourne Telescope devised by Thomas Grubb. Elevation showing the latticework tube of the reflecting telescope and section of the masonry piers. A gentleman is shown to the left of the instrument as an indication of scale.
Object history
This version of Grubb’s design was reproduced in Correspondence concerning the Great Melbourne Telescope. In three parts: 1852-1870 (London, Royal Society, 1871), part I, plate 2 [between pages 26/27] and described in a letter of 29 April 1853, pp.23-28 with a key to the print.
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