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Astronomical Photographic Slide of Venus by John Browning, London, English, c. 1870

Inventory Number 72201


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.72201

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Eric Gordon
Primary inscriptions
Printed paper label: JOHN BROWNING,/63, STRAND,/London.'
Physical material
Wood
Paper
Glass
Dimensions
Height: 11mm Width: 180mm Depth: 103mm Weight: 109g
Inventory No
72201
Accession Number
1979-2

Description

Mahogany frame with paper label of William Catlin, Dissolving View Apparatus, Lantern and Slide Warehouse, (New and Second-hand), 17, Claremont Square, Pentonville, London. One of ten sixteen individual astronomical slides by Browning. In chest.

The slide shows an image of Venus.