Summary
Coloured engraving of the Great Melbourne Telescope, from The Illustrated London News, 14 November 1868.
The image is based on a photograph of the telescope temporarily erected in Thomas Grubb's workshop yard in Dublin in 1868. The engraving has tranposed the telescope to an imagined rural landscape.
Physical Description
Coloured print mounted on buff card.
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Acquisition Information
Collected from Museum of Victoria, 03 Jul 1995
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Format
Print - Engraving, Colourised
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Inscriptions
Printed text: THE GREAT EQUATORIAL TELESCOPE FOR MELBOURNE
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overall dimensions
30.5 cm (Length), 0.4 cm (Width), 35.4 cm (Height)
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