Inventarnummer
GGC26
Titel
BRASS TELESCOPE CARRIED BY GENERAL GORDON
Beschreibung
Brass and leather telescope used during the Tai-Ping rebelleion. On loan from Gordon's school. The scope comprises 5 sections. Full extension length 685mm. Leather is wrapped around the bottom section for handling.
Manufacturer- "Troughton & Sims, London" is engraved on the eye piece.
"From Colonel Charles. G. Gordon CB Royal Engineers to VA Gordon. This glass was carried by Colonel Gordon in the desert battles and sieges during the supression of the Tai-Ping rebellion in China 1861 -62"
Format
- 512 mm
- Width: 58 mm
- Width: 37 mm