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[ Astronomer William Herschel ] Wm. Herschel

Stock# 99581

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Charles Etienne PIerre Motte

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[ Astronomer William Herschel ] Wm. Herschel

Publication Place / Date

Paris / 1828 circa

Image Dimensions

13.75 x 20.25 inches (sheet size)

Color

Uncolored

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Stock# 99581

$ 295.00

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Scarce large portrait of famed astronomer William Herschel, drawn by Henr Grevedon and lithographed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte in Paris.

Sir William Herschel (1738-1822) was a German-born British astronomer. Herschel constructed several telescopes and used them to extensively study the night sky. He catalogued double stars and studied the Moon's surface, but is remembered most for his discovery of Uranus in 1781. He also discovered satellites of Saturn and Uranus, first detected infrared radiation and played a major role in setting up what became the Royal Astronomical Society.

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