View of the Moon

1858-1859, printed 1862

Warren De La Rue

Artist, British, 1815 - 1889

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    stereoscopic glass transparency

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • 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.


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