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CUNNINGHAM & O’BRIEN
(active 1920s)
Total eclipse of the sun on January 25, 1925.
Warm-toned silver print,13x10
1
/
4
inches (33x26
cm.), with a handwritten date, in ink, and the
photographers’ hand stamp on verso. 1925
[800/1,200]
On a cold snowy January day, the moon’s shadow
crossed the surface of the sun over a period of less
than a minute. In this pictorial photograph, which
was created by making multiple exposures on the
same negative, we see the trajectory of this celestial
event. In the final image, the black ball of the
moon’s shadow, centered in the fiery sphere, the
sun’s brilliant corona is captured.
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SWIFT, MANSELL JAMES (1854-1942)
Tongue of a Blow Fly. Oversized albumen print, 21
1
/
2
x17 inches (54.6x43.2 cm.), with the title and
date printed on the lower edge of the period frame. 1885
[4,000/6,000]
This exceptional photograph is offered with the original microscopic glass slide, which has three small
labels, one with the title “Proboscis of Blow Fly.”The slide measures
1
/
2
of an inch in diameter.
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