Sujet

Birr Castle, Count Offaly, Ireland, home of the Earl of Rosse, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Légende

Birr Castle, Count Offaly, Ireland, home of the Earl of Rosse, c1880. William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, a keen astronomer, had what was then the largest telescope in the world built at Rosse Castle in 1845. It was known as the Leviathan of Parsonstown. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume III, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1880

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C48_374

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (6,8Mo) / 41,8cm x 30,0cm / 4935 x 3539 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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