Search

Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Astronomy

1. Add Or 5475, f.27v

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.27v
Title:
Raja Jai Singh's Observatory, Delhi. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
Raja Jai Singh’s Observatory, Delhi. Inscribed beneath: ‘naqsha-i jantar mantar birun-i darwaza ajmeri.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

2. Photo 1168/1(88)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1168/1(88)
Title:
Bourbon [Reunion]. Observatory. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the street, looking towards the gateway and buildings beyond, of the observatory at Saint Denis.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1224/2(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(59)
Title:
Jeypore [Jaipur]. Old Observatory. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered in the negative but cropped in the print. Visited by the compiler of this album between 14th and 18th March, 1878. General view of the Jantar Mantar or Observatory, built by Jai Singh II between 1718 and 1734.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1246/2(81)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1246/2(81)
Title:
[The planet Saturn though a telescope]. Photographer(s): Story-Maskelyne, Nevil (1823-1911)
Scope & Content:
View of Saturn though a telescope, NSM wrote a letter to Thereza from the Natural History Museum in 1857 wishing she was there to witness it. Salted paper print, foxing and spot bleaching on print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 December 1857
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1246/10(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1246/10(15)
Title:
[Comet, 1910]. Artist(s): Story-Maskelyne (née Dillwyn Llewelyn), Thereza Mary (1834-1926)
Scope & Content:
View of a comet in the night sky. Possibly Halley's Comet or the Daylight Comet of 1910. Print from a magazine; housed in Melinex; loose in album. Date in pencil verso of print: '1910'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1246/10(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1246/10(18)
Title:
[Donati's Comet]. Artist(s): Story-Maskelyne (née Dillwyn Llewelyn), Thereza Mary (1834-1926)
Scope & Content:
View of a comet in the night sky above rooftops of buildings. Watercolour and pencil on paper; a page of a sketchbook. Inscription in pencil right of painting: 'Auduno? [unreadable text]' Inscription in pencil lower right of painting: 'Strn? form / 112 G.T. / Tatha? [unreadable text]' Dat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 October 1858
Extent:
1 item

7. Talbot Photo 5(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 5(52)
Title:
[The Moon.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90272'. Genre: Scientific Photography One of two copies (prints 52 and 53) of this subject, a view of a half the moon. Photoglyphic engraving on steel from a photograph possibly carried out by Warren de la Rue. In top right corner written in pencil b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

8. Talbot Photo 5(53)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 5(53)
Title:
[The Moon.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90273'. Genre: Scientific Photography One of two copies (prints 52 and 53) of this subject, a view of a half the moon. Photoglyphic engraving on steel from a photograph possibly carried out by Warren de la Rue. In top right corner written in pencil b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

9. Talbot Photo 24(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 24(62)
Title:
[The Moon.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Cop [Handwritten in pencil by Talbot.] Genre: Scientific Photography View of the moon, the original image having been trimmed to produce a circular border. Photoglyphic engraving on copper from a photograph possibly carried out by Warren de la Rue. Image size 62 x 62 mm, press im...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

10. Talbot Photo 24(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 24(63)
Title:
[The Moon.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Cop [Handwritten in pencil by Talbot.] Genre: Scientific Photography View of the moon, the original image having been trimmed to produce a circular border. Photoglyphic engraving on copper from a photograph possibly carried out by Warren de la Rue. Image size 62 x 62 mm, press im...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item