RefNoMC/14/263
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Niels M Lund, Newcastle on Tyne, to the President and Council of the Royal Society
Date31 October 1887
DescriptionRequests to photograph and paint a copy of the portrait of Tycho Brahe [born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, Danish astronomer], in the possession of the Royal Society. Lund has been commissioned by the President of the Royal Danish Academy of Arts, and the 'copy and photograph are for the National Historical Museum at Copenhagen'.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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