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Partial Eclipse of the Sun

July 28, 1851
Not on view
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Partial Eclipse of the Sun
  • Artist: John Adams Whipple (American, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1822–1891 Grafton, Massachusetts)
  • Date: July 28, 1851
  • Medium: Daguerreotype
  • Dimensions: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: John G. Wolbach Library, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass. (OB-2)
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs