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James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl Crawford and Balcarres, 1878. Artist: Spy

James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl Crawford and Balcarres, 1878. Artist: Spy

1-158-695 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl Crawford and Balcarres, 1878. Lindsay (1847-1913), a Scottish nobleman who succeeded to his titles in 1880, was an astronomer, collector and bibliophile. He built an observatory on the family estates at Dunecht near Aberdeen in c1872. In 1888 he donated the 15,000 items which form the Crawford Library to the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. Cartoon titled 'Astronomy' from Vanity Fair. (London, 11 May 1878).

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Creator
  1. Sir Leslie Matthew Ward, attributed to: British: Illustrator for Vanity Fair, artist, painter, caricaturist
Subject
  1. James Ludovic Lindsay: British, Scottish: astronomer, collector
Medium
  1. Chromolithograph
Picture Type
  1. Caricature
  2. Portrait
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3279x5327
File Size : 51,174kb

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  1. 9127
  1. 0460001275
  1. 1-158-695
  1. 1158695
  1. 1275
  1. 9127
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