Charles Piazzi Smyth
Ibrahaim, the Cook
About this artwork
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artist:Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819 - 1900) Scottish
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title:Ibrahaim, the Cook
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date created:1865
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materials:Stereoscopic lantern slide
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measurements:7.60 x 6.70 cm (each image); 8.20 x 17.20 cm (overall)
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credit line:Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell, 1985
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accession number:PGP R 1304.4
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Charles Piazzi Smyth
Charles Piazzi Smyth
Charles Piazzi Smyth was Astronomer Royal for Scotland, working in the Observatory on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, where he found the city's smoke and cloud did not allow him to view the stars properly. In 1856, he led an expedition to Teneriffe to discover how far observation improved without the...