'Trevandrum Observatory...from the North West' Anonymous
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'Trevandrum Observatory...from the North West'
View of Trevandrum Observatory from the north west. The main observatory is shown on small hill on the skyline. The observatory was designed and constructed in 1837 by W.H.Horsley, a lieutenant in the Madras Engineers, under the patronage of Sri Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma (1813-1846) Maharaja of the State of Travancore [now Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala, India]. Plate 2 from Description of an observatory established at Trevandrum by his Highness the Rajah of Travanacore by John Caldecott (Madras 1837; reprinted London, 1839). Inscribed; "TREVANDRUM OBSERVATORY, View taken from the North West. Waterlow & Co. Lith Birchin Lane." John Caldecott (1800-1849) astronomer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1840.
Original: lithograph . 1839
- Image reference: RS-10146
- The Royal Society
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