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This is a photograph of two lunar images in a stereoscopic format. The image features a pair of identical full moons against a black background, placed side by side. The surface of each moon shows visible craters and dark patches. The stereoscopic presentation involves two slightly offset images for a three-dimensional effect. The photograph is framed with a sepia tone, giving it an antique appearance, and has a thin yellow border around the outer edges.
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This is a photograph of two lunar images in a stereoscopic format. The image features a pair of identical full moons against a black background, placed side by side. The surface of each moon shows visible craters and dark patches. The stereoscopic presentation involves two slightly offset images for a three-dimensional effect. The photograph is framed with a sepia tone, giving it an antique appearance, and has a thin yellow border around the outer edges.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

"The Moon"

Joseph L. Bates

Date
1860
Medium
stereoscopic albumen silver print
Dimensions
image (each): 7.6 × 7.6 cm (3 × 3 in.) sheet: 7.6 × 15.2 cm (3 × 6 in.) mount: 8 × 17 cm (3 1/8 × 6 11/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2018.21.3
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

on verso, center printed in black ink: THE MOON. / Published by Joseph L. Bates, / 129 WASHINGTON STREET, / BOSTON.; by unknown hand, top left in black ink underlined: No. 31

NGA object ID 213438. 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.