"Large palace yard lined with porticos, with draped people engaged in activities representing sciences and arts, and royal coat of arms with crown, fleur-de-lys and insignia of the Order of the Saint-Esprit in the lower part."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: R,8.85., Dedication etched beneath title: Dediée au Roy par son tres humble tres obeïssant et tres fidéle serviteur et sujet Seb. le Clerc., and With two unidentified (collector?) stamps.
Title from caption below image., Attributed to Richard Doyle., Publication information from cover and advertisement to the series., Plate numbered '17' in upper right corner from: The brother to the moon's visit to the court of Queen Vic., and On same sheet, verso: Celestial philosophers calculating the time required to get back 21,000,000 of dollars.
A lady, seated and in fashionable dress wears a towering coiffure, which a French hairdresser adjusts her curls from behind while standing on the topmost rungs of a ladder. In front of the woman a naval officer sights through an octant to the top of her hairdo
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairdressing, Astronomical instruments, Ladders, Wigs, Hairstyles, and Clothing & dress
King George III is standing with a woman holding a parasol (possibly Herschel's sister and assistant Caroline) observing two men operating a massive 40 ft. reflecting telescope suspended in a complex framework of wooden supports, cables, pulleys, and wheels
Description:
Title, date, and artist supplied by cataloger. and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Slough (England)
Subject (Name):
Herschel, William, 1738-1822. and George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Reflecting telescopes, Telescopes, Astronomical instruments, and Astronomy
