Title

Portrait of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse

Caption

Portrait of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800-1867) an Irish astronomer. His work was conducted at Birr Castle, where he had built the largest telescope - the Rosse Telescope/Great Telescope, until the completion of the Hooker telescope. Dated 19th century

Date

19th century

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP23A17_223

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60.0Mb (6.9Mb) / 13.3in x 17.6in / 3975 x 5275 (300dpi)

Keywords

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