Title(s)

Observations of the transit of Venus, 9 December, 1874 made at stations in New South Wales (title on object)

Object type

• book

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-578

Artist

• publisher: Charles Potter (mentioned on object)

Place

Sydney

Dating

1892

Material

• paper
• linen (material)
• cardboard

Technique

printing / collotype / lithography

Measurements

height 288 mm × width 230 mm × thickness 31 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

• Samengesteld groepsportret van onderzoekers van de Venusovergang op 9 december 1874 te New South Wales (RP-F-2001-7-578-1)
• Sydney Observatory (RP-F-2001-7-578-2)
• Large equatorial, Sydney Observatory. Object glass 11 1/2 inches (RP-F-2001-7-578-3)
• Photoheliograph, Woodford (RP-F-2001-7-578-4)
• Transit of Venus camp, Woodford, New South Wales (RP-F-2001-7-578-5)
• Waiting for the transit, at Woodford (RP-F-2001-7-578-6)
• Waiting for the transit of Venus, Eden (RP-F-2001-7-578-7)
• 7 1/2-inch equatorial used at Eden (RP-F-2001-7-578-8)
• 7 1/2-inch equatorial used at Goulburn (RP-F-2001-7-578-9)
• Fotoreproductie van tekeningen, voorstellende de Venusovergang en een raster om beeldvervorming aan te tonen (RP-F-2001-7-578-10)
• Venus in transit (RP-F-2001-7-578-11)