Part of the Milky Way by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot

Photography by Edward C. Robison III

Part of the Milky Way

ArtistÉtienne Léopold Trouvelot

French, 1827 - 1895

Date1881-1882

MediumChromolithograph

Dimensions31 1/4 x 27 1/4 in. (79.4 x 69.2 cm)

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.48.13

ClassificationPrint

Provenance(William Reese Collection of American Color Plate Books, New Haven, CT); purchased through (William Reese Company, New Haven, CT) by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2006

On ViewNo

This artwork's face covers about 117× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.