Photographie de la lune a son 1er Quartier, March 6, 1865

Not on View

Medium

albumen print

Dimensions

image: 37.15 x 27.31 cm (14 5/8 x 10 3/4 in.)
mount: 53.66 x 35.56 cm (21 1/8 x 14 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2006.133.115

Artists / Makers

Lewis M. Rutherfurd (artist) American, 1816 - 1892

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

inscribed on negative, artist's signature and date: Lewis M. Rutherford N.Y. March 6, 1895; printed in ink across top on mount: PHOTOGRAPHIE DE LA LUNE / a son 1er Quartier / ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE 1re Division. COURS D'ASTRONOMIE Portefeuille des Eleves; across bottom on mount: D'apres la photographie de Mr. Rutherford Imp.Photo. Lemercier & Cie, Paris.

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary

Exhibition History

2019: By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.