View of the Moon
1858-1859, printed 1862
Warren De La Rue
Artist, British, 1815 - 1889
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Artwork overview
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Medium
stereoscopic glass transparency
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image (each): 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.) diameter
overall: 8.2 × 17.3 cm (3 1/4 × 6 13/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.15
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Antiq-Photo Gallery, Paris; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
top center, on mount, printed in gold: LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHS / BY / WARREN DE LA RUE / F.R.S._Sec. RAS; bottom center, on mount, printed in gold: ENLARGED / AND PUBLISHED BY / SMITH BECK & BECK / LONDON.