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View of the observatory, Oxford

View of the observatory, Oxford
 1810

Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Measurements
21.0 × 30.5 cm (image) 23.4 × 32.7 cm (plate) 23.6 × 33.7 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Grego II p. 184
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Rowlandson 1810
printed in ink c.: VIEW OF THE OBSERVATORY. OXFORD / London, Publish’d May 1,1810, at R.Ackermann’s Repository of Arts; 101, Strand.
Accession Number
1958.3-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths
Subjects (specific)
academics (people) astronomical observatories astronomy caricatures Oxford (inhabited place) telescopes United Kingdom (nation) universities (institutions)
Movements
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)

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