Total Eclipse of the Sun

Artist Edward J. Ward (American, active 1860s)

Date1869

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall: 5 15/16 x 6 inches (15.08 x 15.24 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3474

InscribedExhibition Label(s) (see description) Front of Mount Army Medical Museum Description: Printed label under image: "War Department/Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum/TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, August 7, 1869/Appearance of phenomona after commencement of totality/..."

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DescriptionVintage albumen print on original mount of the Aug. 7, 1869 solar eclipse. Made under auspices of the War Department, Surgeon General's Office at Des Moines, Iowa, on August 7, 1869. Printed label on mount.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Heavens: Photographs of the Sky & Cosmos. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 11 - November 13, 2011, no cat.

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