Star Gazers
Star Gazers
Star Gazers
Star Gazers
Star Gazers
Star Gazers

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This sculpture of William and Caroline Herschel was commissioned by the Herschel Museum to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Herschel. William is behind his sister dressed in eighteenth-century style. His head is titled back as he looks at the sky with a gentle and benevolent smile. Caroline Herschel is in front of him and wears a cap. She holds a quill pen in her right hand and is looking down at a piece of paper on which is drawn the solar system with the planet Uranus at the centre. The piece evokes the siblings' close relationship and shared passion for astronomy.

The Herschel Museum of Astronomy

Bath

Title

Star Gazers

Date

1988

Medium

Bath stone

Measurements

H 154 x W 72 x D 40 cm

Accession number

HH381

Acquisition method

purchased from Vivien Mousdell, 1988

Work type

Sculpture

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