Caption

View of Leonides, Mars and Praesepe, Léonide, Mars et Praesepe, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Photographiés a l'Observatoire de Yale', maker: anonymous, c. 1894 - in or before 1899, paper, autotype, height 110 mm x width 152 mm, stars, Mars (planet), A rectangular print shows a dense field of small white dots and speckles on a dark background, resembling scattered light marks across a textured black area framed by a pale margin, with a slightly larger bright spot near the top center surrounded by faint circular marks and a few elongated streaks and irregular clusters of white marks toward the upper right; the dark field occupies most of the page with even distribution of varied dot sizes, and the pale border is visible around the edges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B05_275

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40.2Mb (10.3Mb) / 10.4in x 15.0in / 3130 x 4488 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Leonides Mars Praesepe Léonide Mars et Praesepe page photomechanical print inscription Photographiés l'Observatoire de Yale maker anonymous c 1894 - 1899 paper autotype height 110 mm x width 152 mm stars planet rectangular print dense field small white dots speckles dark background resembling scattered light marks across textured black area framed pale margin slightly larger bright spot near top center surrounded faint circular marks elongated streaks irregular clusters white marks upper right dark field occupies even distribution varied dot sizes pale border visible edges