A drawing by Gemma Frisius showing how he used a pinhole within a darkened room to study the solar eclipse of 1544
1545 (published)
Engraving
Private collection
LL/31674
1 of 74
Spectrograph
1840
Daguerreotype
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Kenneth E. Behring Center, Division of Information Technology and Communications, Photographic History Collection, Image ID AFS 138
LL/38102
2 of 74
1842, 7 July
Magazine illustration, engraving
Google Books
LL/35222 [Further details available]
3 of 74
1842, 7 July
Magazine illustration, engraving
Google Books
LL/35223 [Further details available]
4 of 74
The Moon, August 6, 1851
1851, 6 August
Daguerreotype
3 1/2 x 2 3/4 ins
Middlebury College Museum of Art
Purchase with funds provided by the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Fund and the Overbrook Foundation. 1989.009
LL/33108
5 of 74
The Moon
1852, 26 February
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
11.9 x 9.7 cm
Harvard College Observatory
Courtesy Harvard College Observatory
LL/33090 [Further details available]
6 of 74
View of the Moon, February 26, 1852
1852, 26 February
Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate
11.9 x 9.7 cm
Harvard College Observatory
Courtesy Harvard College Observatory, Plate Stacks, OB-7
LL/33124 [Further details available]
7 of 74
The Moon, Taken at Cambridge Observatory by John A. Whipple
1860 (ca)
Stereocard, detail
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tue, Dec 12, 2006 & Thu, Dec 14, 2006, # 06-4, Lot 892)
LL/15943 [Further details available]
8 of 74
Daguerreotypes of the Sun and Moon
1852
Magazine page
Google Books
LL/35219 [Further details available]
9 of 74
Eclipse of the Sun, May 26, 1854
1854, 26 May
Daguerreotype
1 1/4 x 1 ins (3.2 x 2.5 cm) to 2 13/16 x 2 5/16 ins (7.2 x 5.9 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005 (2005.100.614a-g)
LL/33211
10 of 74
Photograph of the Moon
1850s (late)
Salt print, from collodion negative
5 1/8 x 6 1/2 ins
J. Paul Getty Museum
84.XP.259.16
LL/43314 [Further details available]
11 of 74
The Moon
1857-1860
Salted paper print from glass negative
21.1 x 15.8 cm (8 5/16 x 6 1/4 ins )
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Robert O. Dougan Collection, Gift of Warner Communications Inc., 1978, Accession Number: 1978.649.7
LL/40610
12 of 74
The Moon
1863, 3 September
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society
LL/38104 [Further details available]
13 of 74
The Moon
1865, 4 March
Albumen print
57.1 x 43.7 cm
George Eastman Museum
Record Id: 1989:0403:0001
LL/35654 [Further details available]
14 of 74
Photo-engraving of a Lunar Photograph
1865
Photo-engraving, cropped
Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology
Identifier: 292001
LL/46489 [Further details available]
15 of 74
The Moon
1869, October
Magazine illustration, engraving
Google Books
LL/35224 [Further details available]
16 of 74
The Moon, May 14, 1870
1870, 14 May (taken) 1873 (published)
Photographic print, cropped
Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology
Identifier: 290002, Call Number : QB581.P712 1873
LL/46490 [Further details available]
17 of 74
1870 (ca)
Carte de visite
10.5 x 6.3 cm
AnamorFose
Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1730)
LL/8771 [Further details available]
18 of 74
Galaxies
1870 (ca)
Magic lantern slide
9.2 x 17.5 cm
AnamorFose
Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1772)
LL/8759
19 of 74
Nebulae
1870 (ca)
Magic lantern slide
9.2 x 17.5 cm
AnamorFose
Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1773)
LL/8760
20 of 74
Moon
1870 (ca)
Magic lantern slide
9.2 x 17.5 cm
AnamorFose
Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1774)
LL/8772
21 of 74
Glass view of the moon
n.d.
Glass stereo view
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 283)
LL/17485 [Further details available]
22 of 74
Stereoscopic Series No. I., view of the moon
n.d.
Stereo view
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 284)
LL/17486 [Further details available]
23 of 74
Stereoscopic Series No. II., view of the moon
n.d.
Stereo view
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 285)
LL/17487 [Further details available]
24 of 74
Stereoscopic Series No. III., view of the moon
n.d.
Stereo view
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 286)
LL/17488 [Further details available]
25 of 74
Stereoscopic Series No. IV., view of the moon
n.d.
Stereo view
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 287)
LL/17489 [Further details available]
26 of 74
Stereoscopic Series No. V., view of the moon
n.d.
Stereo view
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 288)
LL/17490 [Further details available]
27 of 74
Transit of Venus
1874
Glass negative, in wooden frame
25.5 x 25.5 cm
National Maritime Museum
Id number: AST1087
LL/46459 [Further details available]
28 of 74
Photographic plate of the transit of Venus, taken at Luxor, Egypt
1874
Photographic plate
National Maritime Museum
Repro ID F3812 © National Maritime Museum
LL/46417
29 of 74
Transit of Venus
1874
Photographic print
Armagh Observatory
LL/45765 [Further details available]
30 of 74
The Beginning of the eclipse at Vassar College. March 16, 1885
1885, 16 March
Carte de visite
4 3/16 x 6 1/2 ins
Harvard College Observatory
UAV 630.271 (382), From the Records of the Harvard College Observatory
LL/41593
31 of 74
A Section of the Constellation Cygnus
1885, 13 August
Albumen silver print, from glass negative
25.8 x 21.2 cm (10 3/16 x 8 3/8 ins)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Purchase, Robert Rosenkranz Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.124
LL/40528
32 of 74
Total Eclipse of December 21, 1889
1889, 21 December (taken)
Albumen print
3 x 4 ins
Archive Farms
LL/38892 [Further details available]
33 of 74
Great Andromeda Nebula, M31
1888, 29 December
Heliogravure
18 x 13 cm
AnamorFose
Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be)
LL/8757 [Further details available]
34 of 74
Handwriten text on the border of the Heliogravure Great Andromeda Nebula, M31
1888, 29 December
Heliogravure
AnamorFose
Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be)
LL/8758 [Further details available]
35 of 74
The Moon (No. 2)
[The Moon in Twelve Phases]
n.d.
Albumen print, mounted on carte de visite
2 1/8 x 2 1/2 in
Howard Schickler Fine Art (CLOSED - 2006)
Image courtesy of Howard Schickler Fine Art LLC. (www.schicklerart.com)
LL/94
36 of 74
Photographie Lunaire, Corne Nord
1890
Albumen print
22.5 x 17.9 cm
Lempertz - Cologne
Auction 1012, May 24, 2013, Lot: 7
LL/50733
37 of 74
Omega Centauri [photograph taken by Bruce telescope, April 17, 1896, exposed 30 minutes]
1896, 17 April
Photographic print
Harvard University Archives
UAV 630.271 (Album 3, Page 1)
LL/41658
38 of 74
Eclipse of Dec. 27, 1898, made at Thomaston, Me. with 3 inch telescope
1898, 27 December
Photographic print
4 5/8 x 5 ins
Harvard College Observatory
UAV 630.271 (381), From the Records of the Harvard College Observatory
LL/41594
39 of 74
Détermination du pôle magnétique terrestre Grand Nord
1898 (ca)
Collodion printing-out paper print from glass negative
18.2 x 13 cm
CEROS - Jean-Mathieu Martini / Serge Plantureux
Binoche et Giquello, épreuves choisies, 18 november 2010, lot no: 112
LL/41113 [Further details available]
40 of 74
[Yerkes observatory (Keystone View Company)]
1910 (ca)
Stereoview
8.8 x 17.8 cm
AnamorFose
Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1792)
LL/8765
41 of 74
[Yerkes observatory (Keystone View Company)]
1910 (ca)
Stereoview
8.8 x 17.8 cm
AnamorFose
Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1791)
LL/8761
42 of 74
Sun partially eclipsed
1912, 17 April
Gelatin silver print
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
LL/30262 [Further details available]
43 of 74
Sun partially eclipsed
1912, 17 April
Gelatin silver print
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
LL/30263 [Further details available]
44 of 74
Sun partially eclipsed
1912, 17 April
Gelatin silver print
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
LL/30264 [Further details available]
45 of 74
Sun partially eclipsed
1912, 17 April
Gelatin silver print
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
LL/30265 [Further details available]
46 of 74
Moon
1911, 13 September, 9:50 pm
Gelatin silver print
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
LL/30245 [Further details available]
47 of 74
Moon
1911, 13 September, 9:50 pm
Gelatin silver print
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
LL/30246 [Further details available]
48 of 74
Partial Eclipse of Moon
1911, 16 November, 11:00 pm
Gelatin silver print
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
LL/30247 [Further details available]
49 of 74
Partial Eclipse of Moon
1911, 16 November, 11:00 pm
Gelatin silver print
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
LL/30248 [Further details available]
50 of 74
Partial Eclipse of Moon
1911, 16 November, 11:30 pm
Gelatin silver print
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
LL/30249 [Further details available]
51 of 74
Partial Eclipse of Moon
1911, 16 November, 11:30 pm
Gelatin silver print
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
LL/30250 [Further details available]
52 of 74
Nova and Geminopum
1912, 15 March
Gelatin silver print
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
LL/30253 [Further details available]
53 of 74
Nova and Geminopum
1912, 15 March
Gelatin silver print
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
LL/30254 [Further details available]
54 of 74
Nova and Geminopum (clipping)
1912, 15 March
Gelatin silver print
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
LL/30255 [Further details available]
55 of 74
Solar Spectrum
1915 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
LL/30318 [Further details available]
56 of 74
Solar Spectrum
1915 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
LL/30319 [Further details available]
57 of 74
Total Solar Eclipse
[Royal Astronomical Society expedition to Principe]
1919, 29 May
Halftone
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
LL/39514 [Further details available]
58 of 74
Solar Eclipse
1925 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
19 x 23.5 cm
AnamorFose
Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1794)
LL/8770
59 of 74
Total Eclipse
1925
Silver bromide print
13 7/8 x 16 7/8 ins
Howard Greenberg Gallery
Inventory no: 0022593
LL/37946 [Further details available]
60 of 74
Moving the Bendégo Meteorite
1888
Albumen print
9 1/8 x 12 3/16 ins (23.18 x 30.96 cm)
SFMOMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Foto Forum purchase, 2003.118.A-R
LL/46067
61 of 74
1874
Book illustration
Google Books
LL/38050 [Further details available]
62 of 74
View of the telescope at Slough
1839
Photogenic drawing
Museum of the History of Science
Inventory No: 32127, Herschel's Photographic Experiments
LL/39610 [Further details available]
63 of 74
View of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
1842
Calotype
Museum of the History of Science
LL/39611 [Further details available]
64 of 74
Stereoscopically illustrated book. Teneriffe - An Astronomer's Experiment, by C. Piazzi Smyth. Published by Lowell Reeve in 1858. The hard bound book has over 450 pages and is illustrated with 20 real photographic stereo views.
1858
Book cover
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 282)
LL/17483 [Further details available]
65 of 74
Illustration from Teneriffe - An Astronomer's Experiment, by C. Piazzi Smyth.
1858
Stereo
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 282)
LL/17484 [Further details available]
66 of 74
Telescopio traido por la Comision Francesa para fotografiar el trßnsito de Venus frente al Sol (Bragado, Provincia de Buenos Aires)
1882
Albumen print
Private collection of Roberto A. Ferrari
LL/30027 [Further details available]
67 of 74
# (P125) P-V26373 Telescope in the Lick Observatory
n.d.
Stereoview, detail
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. August 29th & Thurs. August 31st, 2006, # 06-3, Lot 899)
LL/13883
68 of 74
Interior of Henry Draper's observatory
1880 (ca)
Albumen print (?)
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of the Hastings on Hudson Historical Society, Ph9109B2
LL/38246 [Further details available]
69 of 74
Henry Draper's astronomical observatory
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of the Hastings on Hudson Historical Society,
LL/38249 [Further details available]
70 of 74
Lord Ross' Telescope [Ireland]
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
5 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins
Archive Farms
LL/38904
71 of 74
[Bruce Telescope at Harvard College Observatory, Southern Station, Arequipa, Peru
1896-1899 (ca)
Cyanotype
Harvard University Archives
UAV 630.271 (Album 3, Page 26)
LL/41657
72 of 74
Solar Eclipse, St. Petersburg
1911
Gelatin silver print, from glass negative
16.9 x23.5 cm
CEROS - Jean-Mathieu Martini / Serge Plantureux
Binoche et Giquello, épreuves choisies, 18 november 2010, lot no: 102
LL/41109 [Further details available]
73 of 74
L'Eclipse, avril 1912
1912, April
Albumen print
18.0 x 21.9 cm (trimmed)
George Eastman Museum
Digital Accession Number: 1976:0118:0025.0001
LL/45516 [Further details available]
74 of 74
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