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Description: | Photograph in mount. Probably an interior at Observatory House (the Herschel family residence) in Slough. Shows 40ft reflector mirror & reflected in it a water colour of the 40ft, Russell portrait of Herschel above a mantelpiece, & zone clock. Photograph in good condition. Mount slightly yellowed with age. Stored inside brown envelope in cardboard box. Acquired from Mrs E Showland, 1958, with many other items for a nominal sum.
AUDITED | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | photographic prints | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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