Title(s)

Milky way near Messier II

Object type

• photomechanical print
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-283-9

Inscriptions / marks

• number: ‘Plate D.’

Artist

• photographer: Edward Emerson Barnard (mentioned on object)
• anonymous

Dating

29-Jun-1892

Material

• paper

Technique

Woodburytype

Measurements

height 103 mm × width 106 mm

What

• Milky Way

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

Is part of

• The story of the heavens (RP-F-2001-7-283)