File:William Herschel01.jpg

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Summary

Lemuel Francis Abbott: Sir William Herschel

Artist



Description	British portrait painter
Date of birth/death	1760 / circa 1758	5 December 1802 / 5 December 1803
Location of birth/death	Leicestershire	London
Work location	London
Authority file	: Q725410 VIAF: 91413578 ISNI: 0000000082771079 ULAN: 500012143 LCCN: nb2008002424 NLA: 35072996 WorldCat

Title

William Herschel, German-British astronomer.

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

William Herschel

Date

1785

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 76.2 cm (30 in)

; width: 31 m (33.9 yd)

Collection

National Portrait Gallery

	Native name	National Portrait Gallery
	Parent institution	National Portrait Gallery Board of Trustees
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 33.84″ N, 0° 07′ 41.16″ W
	Established	1856
	Website	www.npg.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q238587 VIAF: 165430167 ISNI: 0000000121496058 ULAN: 500226159 LCCN: n79113062 Historic England: 1066285 WorldCat

Accession number

NPG 98 (National Portrait Gallery)

References

Source/Photographer

National Portrait Gallery: NPG 98

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:11, 21 February 2010	1,936 × 2,368 (699 KB)	EMStephens	higher rez
	05:47, 19 February 2010	343 × 404 (30 KB)	Materialscientist	crop blackspace
	00:03, 14 July 2009	418 × 500 (39 KB)	Yann	better quality and resolution
	23:14, 1 April 2006	408 × 562 (38 KB)	ArtMechanic
	23:01, 1 April 2006	408 × 562 (30 KB)	Tom	better quality
	12:58, 14 July 2005	408 × 562 (10 KB)	霧木諒二	Wilhelm Herschel, German-British astronomer. from fr. {{PD}} fr:Image:William herschel.jpg