"The Moon"

1860

Joseph L. Bates

Artist, American, 1806 - 1886

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    stereoscopic albumen print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    2018.21.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

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

Inscriptions

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

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