Full Moon

1858-1859, printed 1862

Warren De La Rue

Artist, British, 1815 - 1889

Two nearly identical black and white images of the lunar surface are encased in round openings in a rectangular, red holder. The edges of the holder are wrapped with tape or other material in a similar red color. The photographs are to either side of decorations and text in gold that create a vertical line up the center, between the photographs. Text along the top reads, “LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHS BY WARREN DE LA RUE F.R.S. Pres RAS.” An ornament like a downward pointing fleur-de-lis is printed beneath the text. An identical ornament pointing upward is placed above the bottom text which reads, “ENLARGED AND PUBLISHED BY SMITH BECK & BECK LONDON.” Each text block is enclosed by triangular shapes with inward curving sides and points that meet in the middle between the images of the moon.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    stereoscopic glass transparency

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 8.3 × 17.2 cm (3 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.)
    image (each): 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.) diameter

  • Accession

    2006.170.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

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

printed upper center on mount in gold ink: LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHS / BY / WARREN DE LA RUE / FRS PresRAS; lower center: ENLARGED / AND PUBLISHED BY / SMITH BECK & BECK / LONDON.

Wikidata ID

Q64170868


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