Mons. Télescope Philosophe

A hand-coloured etching showing a grotesque head of a man above a group of instruments including telescopes, an octant, dividers, set square, square rule and a globe. The print is listed in the 'Bibliographie de la France' for 1814 (p. 255) as one of a series of 'Caricatures anglaises, savoir'.

Object Details

ID: ZBA4481
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Vallardi
Date made: 1814
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 363 x 132 mm