"The Moon", 1860

Not on View

Medium

stereoscopic albumen 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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

Accession Number

2018.21.3

Artists / Makers

Joseph L. Bates (artist) American, 1806 - 1886

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .

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

Provenance

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

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.