F4575-002

Walking stick telescope Long Caption: Walking stick telescopes like this were made as gentlemen's fashion accessories rather than as serious observing instruments. This example has an achromatic telescope with a single brass draw tube fitted into it. The telescope also has a brass screw-on cap for the objective end, which also acts as the top of the walking stick. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: NAV1585 Artist: Thomas Harris & Son Date: circa 1840 Medium: brass; leather; glass Size: length: 323 mm (closed, with cap), 400 mm (fully emm xtended), 922 mm (walking stick); diameter: 31 mm (barrel, mamm x.) Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.