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Print (Aquatint, Hand-Coloured) of the Interior of the Radcliffe Astronomical Observatory, Oxford, by J.Bluck after F. Mackenzie, for Rudolph Ackermann, 1814

Inventory Number 19446


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.19446

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
F. Mackenzie del't J. Bluck sculp't | [MS idenitifications:] Herschel Reflector. Telescopes by Dollond Shelton Clock.| [MS addition:] RADCLIFFE [print:] ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY. [MS addition:] 1814. | London. Pub'd Feb'y 1 1814 at 101 Strand for R. Ackermann's History of Oxford.
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Black ink
Hand-Coloured
Physical technique
Aquatint
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 312mm Width: 262mm
Inventory No
19446

Description

Aquatint, hand-coloured. Mounted. Depicts the interior of the Radcliffe Astronomical Observatory, 1814, with Herschel's reflector, Dollond's telescopes and Shelton's clock.