Dollond_Telescope,_1923._Arthurs'_Seat_McCrae_Homestead.jpg (360 × 277 pixels, file size: 23 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
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| Description | Photograph by John W Twycross from glass plate, 1923. Taken at McCrae Homestead, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. Dollond telescope ca 1840. Made by "G. Dollond, Optical, Mathematical and Philosophical, Telescope Maker to the Queen". It enabled the viewer to see the names of ships passing by in the channel that runs through Port Phillip Bay to Melbourne. On the homestead verandah it was often slung from a wire to steady it over its five foot three inch length. The original brass telescope is on display in the Burrell-Twycross Gallery at the McCrae Homestead. |
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| Author or copyright owner |
John W Twycross |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | Taken by my grandfather at Mc Crae homestead, Australia of his son, also named John. |
| Date of publication | 1923 |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | McCrae Homestead |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s): The Burrell Twycross Gallery displays a permanent exhibit of the photographer's work. |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
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| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | I plan to use the file in the McCrae homestead article and possibly the John Dollond article. |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
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| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of McCrae Homestead//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dollond_Telescope,_1923._Arthurs%27_Seat_McCrae_Homestead.jpgtrue | |
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