Moon Landscape
late 1850s
- Medium
- Salted paper print from a collodion negative
- Dimensions
- 7 × 10 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-539017
Once the property of the renowned astronomer Sir John Herschel, this image represents a model of the moon's pocked surface. In the 1850s, when this photograph was taken, it was impossible to take close-up views of the lunar surface. The astronomer thus relied upon such detailed simulations for his research.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- late 1850s — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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