Study of Surface of the Sun

Artist Pierre Jules César Janssen (French, 1824 - 1907)

Date1894

MediumWoodburytype

DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 1/16 × 6 3/4 inches (23.02 × 17.15 cm)
Mount: 11 × 8 1/4 inches (27.94 × 20.96 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2011.7.7

Signednone

InscribedOn mount recto, top, printed in black type: "OBSERVATOIRE DE MEUDON / N", "Pl. VI"; On mount recto, bottom, printed in black type: "ÉTUDES DE LA SURFACE SOLAIRE / 1er Avril 1894-9h51m17s t- Diamètre du disque: 0m897 / Tache: lat. 9◦45 Nord (RÈGION CENTRALE.".

MarkingsOn mount verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "GE"

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DescriptionImage of a roughly textured surface with one dark circular spot and smaller irregular shapes to its left. Light surrounds the shapes and the image is darker along the perimeter.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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