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File:William Herschel01.jpg

Summary

Artist
Title William Herschel, German-British astronomer.
Date 1785
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 76.2 × 63.5 cm (30 × 25 in)
Source/Photographer

National Portrait Gallery, London: NPG 98

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