Harvard Observatory Team, Photographing Eclipse

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Object Details

Artist

John Adams Whipple, 10 Sep 1822 - 10 Apr 1891

Sitter

John Adams Whipple, 10 Sep 1822 - 10 Apr 1891

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Larry J. West

Date

1869

Object number

NPG.2007.127

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photograph

Medium

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

Image/Sheet: 15.3 x 20.2 cm (6 x 7 15/16")

Mount: 19.5 x 24 cm (7 11/16 x 9 7/16")

Place

United States\Kentucky\Shelby\Shelbyville

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Costume\Headgear\Hat

Exterior

Architecture\Building\Tent

Equipment\Optical Devices\Telescope

Self-portrait

John Adams Whipple: Male

John Adams Whipple: Arts and Culture\Literature\Publisher

John Adams Whipple: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer

John Adams Whipple: Science and Technology\Scientist\Chemist

John Adams Whipple: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer\Daguerreotypist

John Adams Whipple: Science and Technology\Inventor\Photography

Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm40a866308-e2c8-439f-a866-8faca8c234bd

Record ID

npg_NPG.2007.127