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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, seated in the Monastery at Mount Wilson Observatory. Kapteyn is seated in a wooden Mission-style armchair with fabric-covered cushions. He is wearing a suit with a collar, necktie, and cuff links. The Monastery at Mount Wilson Observatory was a dormitory for visiting scientists.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 1 5X7 B/W print; 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 2961
30958
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/566
Subject: Kapteyn, J. C. (Jacobus Cornelius), 1851-1922
Astronomers
Scientists
Armchairs
Chairs
Suits (Clothing)
Collars
Neckwear
Neckties
Cuff links
Interiors
Dormitories
Mount Wilson Observatory
Portrait photographs
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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