Astronomical Observatory - Oxford

Hand-coloured print of the interior of the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, as seen during the daytime. Several instruments are depicted such as a pair of refracting telescopes, a wooden reflecting telescope similar in form to those made by William Herschel and a globe on a stand.

Object Details

ID: PAH1948
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ackermann, Rudolph; Bluck, John Mackenzie, Frederick
Places: Unlinked place
Date made: 1 Feb 1814
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 338 x 272 mm; Mount: 429 mm x 358 mm