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This is a photograph of two views of the Moon. The photograph presents two side-by-side images of the Moon, showcasing its cratered surface and distinct phases. The images reveal details of the lunar surface, like craters and shaded regions creating texture and revealing the Moon's rugged terrain. The photographs are printed on a card with a yellow border, featuring text indicating that the original negatives are by L. M. Rutherfurd and published by P. F. Weil in New York. The card itself titled "View of the Moon."
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This is a photograph of two views of the Moon. The photograph presents two side-by-side images of the Moon, showcasing its cratered surface and distinct phases. The images reveal details of the lunar surface, like craters and shaded regions creating texture and revealing the Moon's rugged terrain. The photographs are printed on a card with a yellow border, featuring text indicating that the original negatives are by L. M. Rutherfurd and published by P. F. Weil in New York. The card itself titled "View of the Moon."

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

"View of the Moon"

Lewis M. Rutherfurd

Date
1860
Medium
stereoscopic albumen silver print
Dimensions
image (each): 7.9 × 7.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 15/16 in.) sheet: 7.9 × 15 cm (3 1/8 × 5 7/8 in.) mount: 8.8 × 17.6 cm (3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2018.21.1
Credit line
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • albumen silver print
  • Moon
  • Astronomy
  • Science
  • outer space
  • Nature
  • history
  • Stereograph
Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Inscription

along left edge of mount printed in black ink: FROM ORIGINAL NEGATIVES BY / L. M. RUTHERFURD.; along right edge: PUBLISHED ONLY BY / P. F. WEIL, NEW YORK.; bottom right: VIEW OF THE MOON.; on verso, upper right printed in black ink on white label: WM. SENTER / Watches / CLOCKS JEWELRY / & SPECTACLES. / 54 EXCHANGE ST. / PORTLAND, M[E]

NGA object ID 213435. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.