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Portrait of Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn, seated in the Monastery at Mount Wilson Observatory

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Title: Portrait of Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn, seated in the Monastery at Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1905
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Portrait of Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn taken in the Mount Wilson 'Monastery.' Photograph sleeve is dated 1919. Kapteyn is seated in a wooden Mission-style chair with fabric-covered cushions. He is wearing a suit, with cuff links. Behind him are bookshelves with books. The Monastery was a dormitory for visiting scientists at Mount Wilson Observatory.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Identifier: COPC 2965
30962
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/570
Subject: Kapteyn, J. C. (Jacobus Cornelius), 1851-1922
Astronomers
Scientists
Armchairs
Chairs
Suits (Clothing)
Cuff links
Bookcases
Books
Dormitories
Interiors
Portrait photographs
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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