A PRESENTATION TELESCOPE BY DOLLOND, CIRCA 1827
comprising a 1½in. three-draw telescope with leather covered main tube, lens cap and dust slide, signed by the eyepiece and inscribed under the third draw Capt Geo Cheyne R.N. to his friend Alfred W Powles, Jany 1827 and contained within leather travelling case -- 9½in. (24cm.) in travel tube

Captain George Cheyne (1791-1863) joined the navy in 1804; His ship (Seagull 16) sank in a heroic action against the Danes in 1808. He rose to Lieutenant Commander in 1812 and Captain in 1814 and was present at the Bombardment of Algiers in 1816. He died on 11th August 1863 in Canada. Nothing is known of the recipient.