'Trevandrum Observatory' mb-code 00816396 5th February 19

5th February 19

Zoological studies of a 'Calandra' from North America [possibly the female Horned lark Eremophila alpestris] posed on a turf divot

just before their wedding in 1863

Guilbert (1865-1944) was a favourite subject of the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

'Trevandrum Observatory' mb-code 00816396 5th February 19Architectural views of the Trevandrum Observatory. Figure 1 elevation of the observatory. Figure 2 plan view of the observatrory. Figure 3 longitudinal section. The observatory was designed and constructed in 1837 by W. H. Horsley, a lieutenant in the Madras Engineers, under the patronage of Sri Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma (1813 1846) Maharaja of the State of Travancore [now Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala, India]. Scale 1 inch: 15 feet.