The Use of the Astrolabe

PART OF:: Four paintings prepared for Science Museum display uses: /1 'The invention of the telescope'

Made:: 1959 in South Kensington

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The Use of the Astrolabe
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Painting, poster and watercolour on paper stuck on blockboard, The Use of the Astrolabe, by SM Durban, [1959]. 52.5x42.5cm. signed blc. A night scene, a man looking along an astrolabe; another instrument hangs on the wall [actual museum instrument; has slothead screw as pin]. Science Museum Design Studio, possibly part of gallery proposal

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Category:: Art

Object Number:: 1959-271/3

Measurements:: overall: 525 x 425 mm

type:: painting and astrolabe

credit:: Science Museum Drawing Office

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