Telescope Collection

Thomas Cochrane / Dundonal
THOMAS COCHRANE 10TH EARL OF DUNDONALD British naval commander pictured with a telescope

Napoleon I / Gillray / G III
NAPOLEON I Cartoon of Napoleon I with George III in a Lilliputian context

Old Hartlepool Lighthouse, north east England
View of the old Hartlepool Lighthouse, north east England (County Durham), completed in 1847. A man with a telescope scans the horizon

Galileos Telescope
Galileos telescope

Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and occultist

Observatory at Delhi
Observatory complex at Delhi

Peninsular War, with riflemen of 95th Reg
An action during the Peninsular War, with riflemen of 95th (Rifle) Regiment acting as snipers, 1810 (c).Watercolour attributed to Denis Dighton

Cover of Film Pictorial - September 1933 - Mickey Mouse
Cover of Film Pictorial ( All Star Souvenir Number ) of September 30th 1933 featuring Mickey Mouse. Disney Copyright - essential to credit the copyright holder on any reproduction Date: 1933

Napoleon and Spyglass
Mounted on his horse Marengo, He watches the progress of a battle with the aid of a spy- glass

Lovell Telescope
The brainchild of Sir Bernard Lovell, the Lovell Radio Telescope was for many years the largest in the world and dominates the Cheshire countryside for miles around. Date: 1960s

Cuthbert Collingwood
LORD CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD English naval commander. Took command on Nelsons death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and occultist

Optique Telescope / Didero
An optique telescope

Ufos / Adamski
Cigar-shaped Venusian interplanetary carrier photographed through a 6" telescope over Palomar Gardens, California; it was 50 km distant at the time

The astronomers waiting for the eclipse
The eclipse expedition in India to observe the total eclipse of the sun. Mr. Norman Lockyer is shown seated a little to the left beneath the umbrella

Cook Lands in Nz
Captain Cook is the first European to set foot in New Zealand

Kepler with Rudolf II
JOHANNES KEPLER German astronomer with Rudolf II

Inside the Dome of Discovery, Festival of Britain, London
General view inside the Dome of Discovery, part of the Festival of Britain site on the South Bank, London. This part of the exhibition covered Britains conquest of the physical world through

Ufos / Adamski
Venusian interplanetary carrier and six scout craft photographed through a 6" telescope over Palomar Gardens, California

Cover design, Dombey and Son
Cover design, Part XI of Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens, August 1847, with illustrations by Hablot K Browne. 1847

Advertisement, Thomas Harris, Opticians to the Royal Family
Advertisement, Thomas Harris & Son, Opticians to the Royal Family. 1841

Great telescope at Yerkes Observatory, USA
Great telescope at Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, USA

Library, Hartwell House, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Watercolour painting of the Library at Hartwell House, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Trigonometry Point
A Trigonometry Point at Buvita in the Belgium Congo, topped off with a broom!

Wh Russell / Illus Times
SIR WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL British war correspondent for The Times, reporting from the Crimea in 1855

Herschels Telescope
Herschels telescope

J Mercer. 3 wise men of Gotham
Three wise men of Gotham went to sea in a bowl, if the bowl had been stronger, my song would have been longer. 20th century

Forecasting Weather
Forecasting the weather at the Air Ministry, Kew, London - observing a balloon to gauge windspeed levels. Date: early 1930s

Syntax Star-Gazing
Dr Syntax shows a lady the stars through a telescope, while the butler trips over a dog on the stairs and drops his tray of crockery

Naval Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition Poster
Naval Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition at Earls Court Poster

Sir James Clark Ross
SIR JAMES CLARK ROSS Scottish explorer. Made a number of arctic expeditions, determining the position of magnetic north in 1831

Jeremiah Horrocks
JEREMIAH HORROCKS English astronomer

Lippersheys Lenses
The legendary account of the invention of the telescope : Hans Lippersheys apprentices, playing with lenses, happen to hold two of them up together - the rest is history

Astronomers
Two astronomers, one of whom is an Arab gentleman, examine a star in the sky through a telescope

J Lancaster & Son, Colmore Row, Birmingham
J Lancaster & Son, Cameras, Photographic and Scientific Equipment, Colmore Row, Birmingham. circa 1900

Nelson turns a blind eye - Battle of Copenhagen
Admiral Lord Nelson ignoring the signal from Sir Hyde Parker to stop fighting. He is looking though his telescope with his blind eye (popularising the phrase to turn a blind eye )

Mont Blanc Massif - French Alps - Chamonix - The Plan Praz Terrace (2064m altitude.) Date: circa 1910s

Great Equatorial Telescope at Royal Observatory, Greenwich
The Great Equatorial Telescope at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, England. Date: circa 1930s

The Royal Observatory Greenwich, London - The Great Equatorial Telescope. Date: late 1930s

The Einstein Tower - Observatory at Potsdam, Germany
The Einstein Tower - an astrophysical observatory in the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany built by architect Erich Mendelsohn

HRH Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854-1921) - 1st Marquess of Milford Haven - German Prince related to British Royals - 1st Sea Lord in the British Navy - retired due to anti-German sentiment at

Galilean Telescope

Two foot reflecting telescope, Yerkes Observatory, Wisconsin, USA - early 1900s

Yerkes Observatory two foot reflecting telescope

Boy on a beach with a telescope Date: circa 1940s

Boy with telescope probably 1940s Date: circa 1940s

WW2 Greetings Card, Wagging Tail
A WW2 greetings card, the illustration shows a dog dressed in a Royal Navy uniform, holding out his telescope. The card has a red, white and blue ribbon attached

Russia - Tsar Nicholas II - Military manoeuvres at Ropcha
Russia - Tsar Nicholas II attending military manoeuvres at Ropcha, a village in Chernivtsi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. Date: circa 1912

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