Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1816-1892) was a passionate amateur in astronomy. He has a special place in both histories of photography and astronomy as a pioneer of the photography as a tool of the astronomer. He played an important role in the "New Astronomy" together with Jules Janssen, Hermann W. Vogel and Norman Lockyer.
Rutherford developed special lenses, altogether with the optician and daguerreotypist Henry Fitz. (Roberto Ferrari: Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography, Vol. 2 Routledge 2008)

This albumen print of the sun was photographed in New York on 22 September 1870. 9h 52m 10s (Sternzeit). Illustration (Taf. I.) in the book: "Die Sonne : die wichtigeren neuen Entdeckungen über ihren Bau, ihre Strahlungen, ihre Stellung im Weltall und ihr Verhältniss zu den übrigen Himmelskörpern", P. Angelo Secchi, 1872

Untrimmed original mount ca. 21,4 x 13,3 cm published in München, Germany
Albumen print ca. 9,4 x 9,5 cm (mat 24 x 30 cm)

Literature:
Dialogue, Vintage Photography Magazine #1 2021, page 36

Die Sonne : die wichtigeren neuen Entdeckungen über ihren Bau, ihre Strahlungen, ihre Stellung im Weltall und ihr Verhältniss zu den übrigen Himmelskörpern, P. Angelo Secchi, 1872 (a copy is in the Rijksmuseum library)