The great telescope erected on Wandsworth Common, London mb-artistname Joseph Smith 'Joseph Curtis' Portrait of a

'Joseph Curtis' Portrait of a stern-looking man in coat and lace cuffs

In particular the woman on the right is wearing a dress whose skirt is completely covered in ruffles

A slim and foppish officer helps a lady from a coach in the background

Queen Elizabeth I wearing a crown and holding and orb

with a quill pen in an ink-well

The great telescope erected on Wandsworth Common, London mb-artistname Joseph Smith 'Joseph Curtis' Portrait of aThe great telescope erected on Wandsworth Common, London, c1853. The telescope was constructed in 1852 by the Reverend John Craig and was the lagest refracting telescope in the world at that time.