Lord Rosse's telescope at Birr Castle, Ireland Size:S: 60 x 45cm Showing three lionesses and a

Showing three lionesses and a lion

Bermondsey from north of the River Thames

In the middle distance a pair of figures play with a bat and ball

My Dear Emperor

Lionel Jefferies and Eric Sykes

Lord Rosse's telescope at Birr Castle, Ireland Size:S: 60 x 45cm Showing three lionesses and aPlate 24 figures 1 11 for the paper 'On the construction of specula of six feet aperture; and a selection from the observations of nebulae made with them', by William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 151 (1861) pp. 681 746. Reduced versions of images and cut stereoscopic views of the telescope arranged on a backing board for the engraver. The images are numbered and overwritten with key letters in