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Plate XVII. Sunsets at Mount Hamilton, Overview of the course of the sunset as seen from Mount Hamilton in California, page, photomechanical print, date: '1893, Aug. 18, Aug. 20, Aug. 25, Aug. 26, Aug. 27, Aug. 28', photographer: Allen Lysander Colton, Lick Observatory, cliché maker: anonymous, 1893 - 1895, North America, California, paper, autotype, height 178 mm x width 83 mm, Print on sixth unnumbered page after page 86., sunset, astronomy (and cosmography), A vertical sheet shows a column of rectangular photographic panels arranged in horizontal rows, each panel containing a dark square frame with a lighter rounded or horizontal luminous shape against a darker background; the shapes vary from dome-like bright semicircles to elongated thin bars and small bright crescents, with several panels appearing mostly dark without a bright shape; there are narrow horizontal bands between rows where faint handwritten marks appear; the left margin shows small printed words aligned beside each row and the bottom contains a centered printed caption line.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B02_313

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42.7Mb (8.0Mb) / 10.0in x 16.7in / 2987 x 5000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Plate XVII Sunsets Mount Hamilton Overview course sunset California page photomechanical print date 1893 Aug 18 20 25 26 27 28 photographer Allen Lysander Colton Lick Observatory cliché maker anonymous 1893 - 1895 North America paper autotype height 178 mm x width 83 mm Print sixth unnumbered page 86 astronomy cosmography vertical sheet column rectangular photographic panels arranged horizontal rows panel containing dark square frame lighter rounded horizontal luminous shape darker background shapes vary dome- bright semicircles elongated thin bars small bright crescents several panels appearing mostly dark bright shape narrow horizontal bands rows faint handwritten marks left margin small printed words aligned beside row bottom contains centered caption line