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| 1. |  | J.A. Whipple 1860 (ca) The Moon, Taken at Cambridge Observatory by John A. Whipple Stereocard, detail Jefferson Stereoptics Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tue, Dec 12, 2006 & Thu, Dec 14, 2006, # 06-4, Lot 892) Published by R.E. Mosely. |
| 2. |  | Gemma Frisius 1545 (published) A drawing by Gemma Frisius showing how he used a pinhole within a darkened room to study the solar eclipse of 1544 Engraving Private collection |
| 3. |  | John William Draper 1840 Spectrograph 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 |
| 4. |  | 1842, 7 July Appearances of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1842, July 8 (??) as seen from the Superga near Turin Magazine illustration, engraving Google Books "IV. Observations of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1842, July 7 (July 8, civil reckoning)". By G. B. Airy, Esq. Astronomer Royal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume V, No.25, Nov.11, 1842, plates inserted between p.214-215. These illustrations are based on drawings rather than Daguerreotypes. |
| 5. |  | 1842, 7 July Appearances of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1842, July 8 (??) as seen from the Superga near Turin Magazine illustration, engraving Google Books "IV. Observations of the Total Solar Eclipse of 1842, July 7 (July 8, civil reckoning)". By G. B. Airy, Esq. Astronomer Royal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume V, No.25, Nov.11, 1842, plates inserted between p.214-215. These illustrations are based on drawings rather than Daguerreotypes. |
| 6. |  | J.A. Whipple 1851, 6 August The Moon, August 6, 1851 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 |
| 7. |  | J.A. Whipple 1852, 26 February The Moon Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate 11.9 x 9.7 cm Harvard College Observatory Courtesy Harvard College Observatory It was taken by John A. Whipple and George P. Bond at the Harvard Observatory on February 26, 1852. |
| 8. |  | J.A. Whipple 1852, 26 February View of the Moon, February 26, 1852 Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate 11.9 x 9.7 cm Harvard College Observatory Courtesy Harvard College Observatory, Plate Stacks, OB-7 It was taken by John A. Whipple and George P. Bond at the Harvard Observatory on February 26, 1852. |
| 9. |  | J.A. Whipple 1852 Daguerreotypes of the Sun and Moon Magazine page Google Books Annual of Scientific Discovery: or, Year-Book of Facts in Science and Art, for 1852 edited by David A. Wells (Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1852), p.135. DAGUERREOTYPES OF THE SUN AND MOON. During the past season, Mr. J. A. Whipple, of Boston, aided by Mr. Bond, of the Cambridge Observatory, has succeeded in taking several large and beautiful daguerreotype likenesses of the moon, as seen by a high power, under the great equatorial of the Observatory. We have rarely seen anything in the range of the daguerreotype art of so great beauty, delicacy, and perfectness, as the pictures referred to. The inequalities and striking peculiarities of the moon's surface are brought out with such distinctness, that the various mountain ranges, highlands, and isolated peaks are at once recognized. Crater-formed depressions in some of the mountains may be also seen. The views represent the moon at quarter and half-quarter, and are from three to four inches in length. Mr. Whipple, with the aid of Mr. Bond, succeeded in daguerreotyping the solar eclipse of July, in its various stages; and also the sun's disk, with the various spots which appeared upon its surface in the spring of 1851. Several of these daguerreotypes were exhibited at the American and British Associations, and also at the Great Industrial Exhibition, where a medal was awarded to Mr. Whipple. Editor. |
| 10. |  | W. & F. Langenheim 1854, 26 May Eclipse of the Sun, May 26, 1854 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) |
| 11. |  | Unidentified photographer (English) 1850s (late) Photograph of the Moon Salt print, from collodion negative 5 1/8 x 6 1/2 ins J. Paul Getty Museum 84.XP.259.16 Descriptive notes from the J. Paul Getty Museum [Accessed: 19 March 2011] Although this photograph appears to show the dimpled surface of a distant moon crater, it actually represents a papier-mache or clay model, as it was technically impossible to take close-up views of the lunar surface in the 1850s. On the right side of the sheet, this crater-recognizable because of its distinctive features-is carefully labeled "Copernicus," after the great Polish voyager and scientist of the 1500s. On the upper left, a scale shows the size of the crater in miles. The image, which once belonged to the distinguished astronomer John Herschel, reflected the new concern of scientists in the 1800s with detailed observation of this visible but unreachable place. |
| 12. |  | Whipple & Black 1857-1860 The Moon 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 |
| 13. |  | Henry Draper 1863, 3 September The Moon Hastings Historical Society Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society The photographs by Henry Draper of the moon were considered the best of their time and remained so until the 20th century. |
| 14. |  | Lewis M. Rutherfurd 1865, 4 March The Moon Albumen print 57.1 x 43.7 cm George Eastman Museum Record Id: 1989:0403:0001 For a detailed description of the conservation of a copy of this photograph in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada see: Stephanie Miles, 30 August 2018, Dark Side of the Moon, Photo Life (Accessed: 1 September 2018) |
| 15. |  | Warren De la Rue 1865 Photo-engraving of a Lunar Photograph Photo-engraving, cropped Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology Identifier: 292001 Royal Astronomical Society of London, Memoirs, Vol. 34, 1864-1865, plate following page 283. |
| 16. |  | Lewis M. Rutherfurd 1869, October The Moon Magazine illustration, engraving Google Books Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol.LXXXVIII, No.526, Third Series. Vol. LVIII, No.4, October, 1869, p.228. We now, however, give our readers an engraving that, for artistic beauty and delicate finish, excells even this, though on account of its smaller size, and the nature of the full phase, it is not available as a map, or useful for topographical study, as was the other. This picture was engraved by Messrs. Van Ingen & Snyder, under our inspection, from one of Mr. Rutherfurd's photographs for Prof. S. H. Peabody, to illustrate his work entitled The Elements of Astronomy, now in course of publication. This is, beyond doubt, the best engraving of its kind ever published, and reflects great credit on the artists who have produced it. If the other illustrations in Prof. Peabody's book equal this one, it will be without a rival in this respect, either in this country or in Europe. |
| 17. |  | Lewis M. Rutherfurd 1870, 14 May (taken) 1873 (published) The Moon, May 14, 1870 Photographic print, cropped Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology Identifier: 290002, Call Number : QB581.P712 1873 Published in Proctor, Richard A. 1873. The moon : her motions, aspect, scenery, and physical condition (London : Longmans, Green, andCo, 1873). Facing page 214. |
| 18. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1870 (ca) Moon Carte de visite 10.5 x 6.3 cm AnamorFose Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1730) A German carte-de-visite on Gelatine printing out paper. |
| 19. |  | Unidentified creator 1870 (ca) Galaxies Magic lantern slide 9.2 x 17.5 cm AnamorFose Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1772) |
| 20. |  | Unidentified creator 1870 (ca) Nebulae Magic lantern slide 9.2 x 17.5 cm AnamorFose Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1773) |
| 21. |  | Unidentified creator 1870 (ca) Moon Magic lantern slide 9.2 x 17.5 cm AnamorFose Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1774) |
| 22. |  | Warren De la Rue n.d. Glass view of the moon Glass stereo view Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 283) Published by Smith Beck & Beck. |
| 23. |  | Warren De la Rue n.d. Stereoscopic Series No. I., view of the moon Stereo view Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 284) Published by Smith Beck & Beck. |
| 24. |  | Warren De la Rue n.d. Stereoscopic Series No. II., view of the moon Stereo view Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 285) Published by Smith Beck & Beck. |
| 25. |  | Warren De la Rue n.d. Stereoscopic Series No. III., view of the moon Stereo view Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 286) Published by Smith Beck & Beck. |
| 26. |  | Warren De la Rue n.d. Stereoscopic Series No. IV., view of the moon Stereo view Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 287) Published by Smith Beck & Beck. |
| 27. |  | Warren De la Rue n.d. Stereoscopic Series No. V., view of the moon Stereo view Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 288) Published by Charles Pankin. |
| 28. |  | Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen 1874 Transit of Venus Glass negative, in wooden frame 25.5 x 25.5 cm National Maritime Museum Id number: AST1087 Circular negative in square wooden frame. 48 exposures of the planet Venus crossing the Sun's limb with number scratched onto the glass every tenth. Paper label stuck into the centre gives details of the photograph including the date. |
| 29. |  | William de Wiveleslie Abney 1874 Photographic plate of the transit of Venus, taken at Luxor, Egypt Photographic plate National Maritime Museum Repro ID F3812 © National Maritime Museum |
| 30. |  | Charles Burton 1874 Transit of Venus Photographic print Armagh Observatory Photographed by Charles Burton, later of Dunsink Observatory, Dublin from Rodriguez in the Indian Ocean where he accompanied an expedition organised by the Royal Greenwich Observatory. |
| 31. |  | Unidentified photographer 1885, 16 March The Beginning of the eclipse at Vassar College. March 16, 1885 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 |
| 32. |  | Paul & Prosper Henry 1885, 13 August A Section of the Constellation Cygnus 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 |
| 33. |  | S.W. Burnham 1889, 21 December (taken) Total Eclipse of December 21, 1889 Albumen print 3 x 4 ins Archive Farms Photographed at Cayenne by S.W. Burnham, with the six-inch Clark Refractor of the Lick Observatory (enlarged two diameters.) See also: Rijksmuseum, RP-F-2001-7-959-1, Sherburne Wesley Burnham (1838-1921). |
| 34. |  | Isaac Roberts 1888, 29 December Great Andromeda Nebula, M31 Heliogravure 18 x 13 cm AnamorFose Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be) This Heliogravure was included in A Selection of Photographs of Stars, Star-clusters and Nebulae, Volume II, The Universal Press, London, 1899. |
| 35. |  | Isaac Roberts 1888, 29 December Handwriten text on the border of the Heliogravure Great Andromeda Nebula, M31 Heliogravure AnamorFose Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be) Handwriten text on the border of the Heliogravure: "From a photograph of the nebula 31 M Andromeda A.R. 0H - 37M D 40".40'. Exposure 150 minutes. Enlarged 3 1/2 times. By Isaac Roberts, F.R.A.S F.C.S [unreadable signature] 29.12.88 |
| 36. |  | Warren De la Rue n.d. The Moon (No. 2) [The Moon in Twelve Phases] 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) |
| 37. |  | Paus Henry (1848-1905) & Prosper Henry (1849-1903) 1890 Photographie Lunaire, Corne Nord Albumen print 22.5 x 17.9 cm Lempertz - Cologne Auction 1012, May 24, 2013, Lot: 7 |
| 38. |  | Harvard College Observatory 1896, 17 April Omega Centauri [photograph taken by Bruce telescope, April 17, 1896, exposed 30 minutes] Photographic print Harvard University Archives UAV 630.271 (Album 3, Page 1) |
| 39. |  | Unidentified photographer 1898, 27 December Eclipse of Dec. 27, 1898, made at Thomaston, Me. with 3 inch telescope Photographic print 4 5/8 x 5 ins Harvard College Observatory UAV 630.271 (381), From the Records of the Harvard College Observatory |
| 40. |  | Unknown (Astrophotographe en mission) 1898 (ca) Détermination du pôle magnétique terrestre Grand Nord 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 Annotated mount verson. |
| 41. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1910 (ca) Morehouse's Comet [Yerkes observatory (Keystone View Company)] Stereoview 8.8 x 17.8 cm AnamorFose Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1792) |
| 42. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1910 (ca) Meteor in Constellation of Orion [Yerkes observatory (Keystone View Company)] Stereoview 8.8 x 17.8 cm AnamorFose Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1791) |
| 43. |  | Unidentified photographer 1912, 17 April Sun partially eclipsed Gelatin silver print Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Taken by an unidentified English amateur astronomer and photographer. |
| 44. |  | Unidentified photographer 1912, 17 April Sun partially eclipsed Gelatin silver print Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Taken by an unidentified English amateur astronomer and photographer. |
| 45. |  | Unidentified photographer 1912, 17 April Sun partially eclipsed Gelatin silver print Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Taken by an unidentified English amateur astronomer and photographer. |
| 46. |  | Unidentified photographer 1912, 17 April Sun partially eclipsed Gelatin silver print Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Taken by an unidentified English amateur astronomer and photographer. |
| 47. |  | Unidentified photographer 1911, 13 September, 9:50 pm Moon Gelatin silver print Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Taken by an unidentified English amateur astronomer and photographer. |
| 48. |  | Unidentified photographer 1911, 13 September, 9:50 pm Moon Gelatin silver print Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Taken by an unidentified English amateur astronomer and photographer. |
| 49. |  | Unidentified photographer 1911, 16 November, 11:00 pm Partial Eclipse of Moon Gelatin silver print Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Taken by an unidentified English amateur astronomer and photographer. |
| 50. |  | Unidentified photographer 1911, 16 November, 11:00 pm Partial Eclipse of Moon Gelatin silver print Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Taken by an unidentified English amateur astronomer and photographer. |
| 51. |  | Unidentified photographer 1911, 16 November, 11:30 pm Partial Eclipse of Moon Gelatin silver print Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Taken by an unidentified English amateur astronomer and photographer. |
| 52. |  | Unidentified photographer 1911, 16 November, 11:30 pm Partial Eclipse of Moon Gelatin silver print Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Taken by an unidentified English amateur astronomer and photographer. |
| 53. |  | Unidentified photographer 1912, 15 March Nova and Geminopum Gelatin silver print Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Taken by an unidentified English amateur astronomer and photographer. |
| 54. |  | Unidentified photographer 1912, 15 March Nova and Geminopum Gelatin silver print Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Taken by an unidentified English amateur astronomer and photographer. |
| 55. |  | Unidentified photographer 1912, 15 March Nova and Geminopum (clipping) Gelatin silver print Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Taken by an unidentified English amateur astronomer and photographer. |
| 56. |  | Unidentified photographer 1915 (ca) Solar Spectrum Gelatin silver print Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Taken by an unidentified English amateur astronomer and photographer. |
| 57. |  | Unidentified photographer 1915 (ca) Solar Spectrum Gelatin silver print Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Taken by an unidentified English amateur astronomer and photographer. |
| 58. |  | Sir Arthur Eddington 1919, 29 May Total Solar Eclipse [Royal Astronomical Society expedition to Principe] Halftone Creative Commons - Wikipedia Positive inverted image. Original caption: From the report of Sir Arthur Eddington on the expedition to verify Albert Einstein's prediction of the bending of light around the sun. In Plate 1 is given a half-tone reproduction of one of the negatives taken with the 4-inch lens at Sobral. This shows the position of the stars, and, as far as possible in a reproduction of this kind, the character of the images, as there has been no retouching. A number of photographic prints have been made and applications for these from astronomers, who wish to assure themselves of the quality of the photographs, will be considered as as far as possible acceded to. Source: F.W. Dyson, A.S. Eddington, and C. Davidson, "A Determination of the Deflection of Light by the Sun's Gravitational Field, from Observations Made at the Total Eclipse of May 29, 1919", Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical or Physical Character (1920): p.291-333, on p.332. Additional note: This image was of immense significance as it was an essential piece of the proof that light was effected by gravity which was postulated in Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. The significance of this event was portrayed, not entirely accurately, in the British drama Einstein and Eddington produced by Company Pictures and the BBC, in association with HBO. It was first broadcast on BBC Two on 22 November 2008. |
| 59. |  | E. Allen Bicknell 1925 (ca) Solar Eclipse Gelatin silver print 19 x 23.5 cm AnamorFose Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1794) |
| 60. |  | Adolf Fassbender 1925 Total Eclipse Silver bromide print 13 7/8 x 16 7/8 ins Howard Greenberg Gallery Inventory no: 0022593 Photographer's copyright stamp on print recto. |
| 61. |  | Marc Ferrez, Humberto Saraiva Antúnez, and José Carlos de Carvalho 1888 Moving the Bendégo Meteorite 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 |
| 62. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1874 Lord Lindsey`s Photographic arrangements as set up at Dun Echt Book illustration Google Books George Forbes The Transit of Venus (London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1874), fig. 17 |
| 63. |  | John Herschel 1839 View of the telescope at Slough Photogenic drawing Museum of the History of Science Inventory No: 32127, Herschel's Photographic Experiments At the time that this was taken, Sir William Herschel's 40-foot telescope was already a famous astronomical symbol, although it was being demolished - hence the absence of the telescope's tube. |
| 64. |  | Charles Piazzi Smyth 1842 View of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope Calotype Museum of the History of Science Piazzi Smyth's photographic efforts had been encouraged in correspondence with Herschel; the resulting photographs, of which this is one of at least five, are the earliest successful photographs ever to be taken in South Africa. |
| 65. |  | Charles Piazzi Smyth 1858 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. Book cover Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 282) A very important book, since it was the first commercially produced to be illustrated with stereo photographs. |
| 66. |  | Charles Piazzi Smyth 1858 Illustration from Teneriffe - An Astronomer's Experiment, by C. Piazzi Smyth. Stereo Stereographica - Antique Photographica Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 282) A very important book, since it was the first commercially produced to be illustrated with stereo photographs. |
| 67. |  | F. Florßn 1882 Telescopio traido por la Comision Francesa para fotografiar el trßnsito de Venus frente al Sol (Bragado, Provincia de Buenos Aires) Albumen print Private collection of Roberto A. Ferrari This photograph shows the French cabin built near Buenos Aires in 1882 in order to record the transit of Venus on photographs. |
| 68. |  | Keystone View Company n.d. # (P125) P-V26373 Telescope in the Lick Observatory Stereoview, detail Jefferson Stereoptics Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. August 29th & Thurs. August 31st, 2006, # 06-3, Lot 899) |
| 69. |  | Henry Draper 1880 (ca) Interior of Henry Draper's observatory Albumen print (?) Hastings Historical Society Courtesy of the Hastings on Hudson Historical Society, Ph9109B2 In 1867 Henry Draper built himself a second dome at his Hastings on Hudson observatory to house a larger telescope with which to photograph the heavens. His detailed photographs of the moon (seen pinned to the wall on the left) garnered him an international reputation, after which his observatory became a pilgrimage site for scientists. This sourvenir photograph, commerically printed in New York, included a caption that gave the details: "Interior of the Equatorial Room of Professor Henry Draper's Observatory, at Hastings-on-Hudson, near New York. Latitude 40o 59' 25"; Longitude 73o 52" 25" West of Greenwich. Showing the 28 inch Silvered Glass Reflector: the 12 inch Achromatic and the 5 inch finder." |
| 70. |  | Henry Draper 1880 (ca) Henry Draper's astronomical observatory Albumen print Hastings Historical Society Courtesy of the Hastings on Hudson Historical Society, Henry Draper's astronomical observatory built on his family's property in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. The first dome was constructed in 1860 and the higher central dome for an even larger telescope in 1867. It was from this observatory that Henry took his famous photograph of the moon in 1863. |
| 71. |  | Unidentified photographer 1880 (ca) Lord Ross' Telescope [Ireland] Albumen print 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins Archive Farms |
| 72. |  | Harvard College Observatory 1896-1899 (ca) [Bruce Telescope at Harvard College Observatory, Southern Station, Arequipa, Peru Cyanotype Harvard University Archives UAV 630.271 (Album 3, Page 26) |
| 73. |  | Karl Bulla 1911 Solar Eclipse, St. Petersburg 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 Embossed studio stamp, dated and annotated in Russian in ink on original mount recto. |
| 74. |  | Eugène Atget 1912, April L'Eclipse, avril 1912 Albumen print 18.0 x 21.9 cm (trimmed) George Eastman Museum Digital Accession Number: 1976:0118:0025.0001 Note (Alan Griffiths, 22 August 2017) This would be the total solar eclipse of 17 April 1912. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_April_17,_1912 |