Title(s)

The story of the heavens (title on object)

Object type

• book

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-283

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘Lytham St. Annes borough libraries. (...) Thursday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.’
• inscription: ‘St Annes on the sea Carnegie library’

Artist

• Robert Stawell Ball (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Cassell & Co. (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1901

Material

• paper
• linen (material)
• cardboard

Technique

Woodburytype / printing / lithography

Measurements

height 229 mm × width 152 mm × thickness 49 mm

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Parts

• The telescope at Yerkes Observatory, Chicago (RP-F-2001-7-283-1)
• South front of the Yerkes Observatory, Chicago (RP-F-2001-7-283-2)
• Zon (RP-F-2001-7-283-3)
• Oppervlak van de zon (RP-F-2001-7-283-4)
• Spots and faculae on the Sun (RP-F-2001-7-283-5)
• Venus voor de zon tijdens een Venusovergang (RP-F-2001-7-283-6)
• Vier fasen van de verduistering van Jupiter (RP-F-2001-7-283-7)
• Comet A 1892, 1. swift (RP-F-2001-7-283-8)
• Milky way near Messier II (RP-F-2001-7-283-9)
• California-nevel (RP-F-2001-7-283-10)