Linda Connor
January 22, 1898

January 22, 1898
January 22, 1898
January 22, 1898
ArtistAmerican, born 1944
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • January 22, 1898
  • from the series Archive of the Lick Observatory
Date1995
MediumGelatin silver print with toning
DimensionsImage: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
Sheet: 24 × 20 in. (60.9 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Carey C. Shuart, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.3008
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionIn 1995 Linda Connor visited the archives of the Lick Observatory in San Jose, California, and made modern prints from historic glass-plate negatives. This photograph of a solar eclipse in Jeur, India, on January 22, 1898, was made from the light of the sun at two different moments in time, the original exposure of the negative, which captured the length of the eclipse, and the modern exposure of the print, which was made outside.
ProvenanceThe artist; [Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Arizona]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, December 11, 1993; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 3–May 5, 2013.

"Shooting the Moon: Photographs from the Museum's Collection 50 Years after Apollo 11," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 20–September 2, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
In negative, lower left edge of image, reading vertically and in reverse: Jeur India 1898 Jan 22 No 7[illegible] 8e

Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, upper center: Top
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, center: Jan 22 1898 // Jeur India

Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower right: From the Archive of the // Lick Observatory // printed by // [signature] 1995

Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower center: January 22 1898
Signed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower right: Linda S Connor

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