Research Catalog
Three photographs of the moon
- Title
- Three photographs of the moon / Lewis M. Rutherfurd.
- Author
- Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris, 1816-1892
- Publication
- New York, 1865.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Still image | By appointment only | MFZ+++ (Rutherfurd) 17-2637 | Schwarzman Building - Photography Collection Room 308 |
Details
- Description
- 3 photographs in 1 volume : albumen silver prints, mounted on paper; sheets 56 x 50 cm or smaller, volume 71 x 59 cm
- Summary
- Contains 3 photographs mounted on heavy paper, each preceded by a blank leaf. First and last photograph signed "Lewis M. Rutherfurd, New York"; dated respectively "March 6, 1865" (moon's age: 9 days) and "Jany. 18, 1865" (moon's age: 21 days). Second photograph, showing the full moon, is unsigned and undated; perhaps from January 11, 1865, the only full moon in 1865 that Rutherfurd is known to have photographed. See: A catalogue of Rutherfurd's photographic plates of the sun, the moon, and the stars / by John K. Rees (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, v. 6 (1891-1892), article 1), pages 3-4.
- Size of photographs, respectively: 56 x 42 cm, 54 x 50 cm, 56 x 43 cm.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Photographic prints – United States – 19th century.
- Albumen prints – United States – 19th century.
- Note
- Binder's title.
- Leaf with first photograph has separated from binding.
- Binding (note)
- Volume bound in black buckram by the New York Public Library, May 7, 1954.
- Call Number
- MFZ+++ (Rutherfurd) 17-2637
- OCLC
- 1019912579
- Author
- Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris, 1816-1892, photographer.
- Title
- Three photographs of the moon / Lewis M. Rutherfurd.
- Production
- New York, 1865.
- Type of Content
- still image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Binding
- Volume bound in black buckram by the New York Public Library, May 7, 1954.
- Source
- Acquired before May 24, 1929 (date on catalog card in Old Catalog).
- Place of Publication
- United States New York (State) New York.
- Research Call Number
- MFZ+++ (Rutherfurd) 17-2637