To the Red.d the Master, the Fellows & Scholars of St John's College, Cambridge, This Portrait of Sir John Frederick William Herschel, M.A.F.R.S.L. & E.. M.R.I.A., F.R.A.S., M.G.S. &c. &c. &c. And late Fellow of their Ancient & Religious Foundation, Is respectfully dedicated by the Publishers.
H.W. Pickersgill, Esq.r R.A. pinx.t. W.m Ward sculpt. Engraver to his Majesty.
Published 1835.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm, 14 x 10". Trimmed to plate.
From a painting in St. John's Cambridge, Sir William Herschel (1738 - 1822), astronomer, famous for his 1781 discovery of Uranus, the first new planet to be identified since classical times. He was appointed 'King's Astronomer' to George III the following year.
Wellcome:1378.2
[Ref: 24255] £190.00
Published 1835.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm, 14 x 10". Trimmed to plate.
From a painting in St. John's Cambridge, Sir William Herschel (1738 - 1822), astronomer, famous for his 1781 discovery of Uranus, the first new planet to be identified since classical times. He was appointed 'King's Astronomer' to George III the following year.
Wellcome:1378.2
[Ref: 24255] £190.00