F4548

Portable telescope Long Caption: The design and style of this non-achromatic telescope suggest that it is French. The barrel and lens hoods are covered in red leather decorated with gold-tooled motifs. The five draw tubes are made of green waxed paper and are also decorated with gold-tooled motifs. The other fittings are of turned wood. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: NAV1494 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1720 Medium: paper; leather; vellum; wood; glass Size: length: 662 mm (closed, with caps), 1565 mm (open to stop lines, mamm x.); diameter: 60 mm (barrel) Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.