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Sheepshanks telescope first erected on Mount Guajara, the Peak of Teneriffe in the distance (Main View)
Charles Piazzi Smyth
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Stereoscopic view of a large telescope on a concrete stand. Two men rest at the base of the telescope, which is surrounded by ropes and other building supplies.
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- Title: Sheepshanks telescope first erected on Mount Guajara, the Peak of Teneriffe in the distance (Main View)
- Creator: Charles Piazzi Smyth
- Date Created: 1858
- Location Created: London, England
- Physical Dimensions: 6.9 × 12.2 cm (2 11/16 × 4 13/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XB.1182.5
- Culture: British
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Charles Piazzi Smyth (British, 1819 - 1900)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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