HERSCHEL, Sir JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM (1792-1871). Carte-de-visite photograph signed and dated ("J.F.W. Herschel May 1864"), by Maull & Polyblank, London (imprint on mount), n.d. [circa 1864]. 102 x 64 mm. (4 x 2½ in.) including mount, some slight marginal creaseing. A three-quarter-length portrait of Herschel seated at a desk, signed on the mount. Rare. "Son of the English astronomer William Herschel, who discovered the planet Uranus, John Herschel was a renowned astronomer and physicist. Following in his father's footsteps, he moved to South Africa to map the southern skies, and later made important contributions to the development of photography"--W.M.
HERSCHEL, Sir JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM (1792-1871). Carte-de-visite photograph signed and dated ("J.F.W. Herschel May 1864"), by Maull & Polyblank, London (imprint on mount), n.d. [circa 1864]. 102 x 64 mm. (4 x 2½ in.) including mount, some slight marginal creaseing. A three-quarter-length portrait of Herschel seated at a desk, signed on the mount. Rare. "Son of the English astronomer William Herschel, who discovered the planet Uranus, John Herschel was a renowned astronomer and physicist. Following in his father's footsteps, he moved to South Africa to map the southern skies, and later made important contributions to the development of photography"--W.M.
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