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Photograph (Early Gelatine Glass Negative) of a Lunar Eclipse, in Paper Wrapper, Taken at the University Observatory, Oxford, January 28, 1888

Inventory Number 43111


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.43111

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the University Observatory, Oxford.
Primary inscriptions
Scratched on glass: '10h 0m'. Wrapper inscribed: '15/80" Mirror | Photographs of Lunar Eclipse | Jan 28/88 | Unvarnished' [?in F. A. Bellamy's hand].
Physical material
Glass
Inventory No
43111

Description

Gelatine glass negative, early type, on thick glass. This is the third ( taken at 10 am on January 28 1888) of three glass negatives of a lunar eclipse (companions are 29521 and 66265). All three negatives are stored in a folded paper wrapper, inscribed with the date and exposure of the photographs.