Title(s)

Microscoopopname van een spinnenpoot
A spider's foot (title on object)

Object type

• photomechanical print

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-462-20

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘This photograph was taken through a microscope as explained in the text. It is difficult to realize that all this detail is contained in the foot of such a tiny creature as a spider. (See chap. xiv.)’

Artist

• Arthur E. Smith (mentioned on object)
• print maker: anonymous

Dating

c. 1898 - in or before 1908

Material

• paper

Measurements

height 117 mm × width 91 mm

What

• spiders

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 romance of modern photography its discovery and its achievements (RP-F-2001-7-462)