Discovery of a Portrait of the Great William Herschel c.1860

Image Reference: 41360

Image Date: 1860

Measurements: 15 x 7 cm

Medium: newspaper

Collection: Scrapbooks

Library Reference: Hunt Vol. 2, p.118

Credit: Bath & North East Somerset Council

Library: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies

Description: A portrait of the astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822) discovered in a house sale at Pulteney Street, formally the residence of Sir William Watson, signed by L.F. Abbott, 1785 (the year Herschel exhibited his great telescope at Windsor). This portrait, purchased in 1860, is now in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.
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Discovery of a Portrait of the Great William Herschel c.1860

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