The great telescope (of 52 feet focus. 6 feet clear opening of speculum) erected at Birr Castle in Ireland, by the Earl of Ross, President of the Royal Society Lord Rosse directing the conveyance of the great speculum to its position at the base of the tube, north side /

The great telescope (of 52 feet focus. 6 feet clear opening of speculum) erected at Birr Castle in Ireland, by the Earl of Ross, President of the Royal Society

Lord Rosse directing the conveyance of the great speculum to its position at the base of the tube, north side /
on stone by W. Bevan ; from a drawing by Miss Henrietta M. Crompton.
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Bevan, W., engraver.
Contributors: Crompton, Henrietta M., artist.
Summary:The third Earl of Rosse, William Parsons (1800-1867) directing the mantling of the reflector telescope in the grounds of Birr Castle, County Offaly, Ireland, in 1845.
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: York : Printed by W. Monkhouse, [ca. 1845]
Subjects:
Parsons, William > 3rd Earl of Rosse
Telescopes > Ireland > Birr > 1840-1850.
Offaly (Ireland)
Landscape prints > Irish > 1840-1850
Lithographs > English > 1840-1850.
Notes:Formerly at call number 1583TC.

Physical description: 1 print : lithotint ; image 35.5 x 47.8 cm., on sheet 38 x 50 cm.

Citations/References: Catalogue of Irish topographical prints and original drawings, Rosalind M. Elmes. New edition revised and enlarged by Michael Hewson. - Dublin : Malton Press for the National Library of Ireland Society, 1975. p. 85.

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