Inscription
vertical, along left edge, in black type on mount: C. Bierstadt, Publisher / Niagara falls, N.Y.; bottom left and right, in negative: FULL MOON. / FROM NEGATIVES TAKEN BY PROF. H. DRAPER, / WITH HIS SILVERED GLASS TELESCOPE. / PUBLISHED BY C. BIERSTADT, NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.; vertical, along right edge, in black type on mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, / Liverpool, New York, -Chicago, -Toronto, -Ottawa, Kas.-ElPaso,Tex.
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Exhibition History
- 2019
- By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.
