Lunar Photograph, South Pole

Paul Henry|Prosper Henry

1890 · Albumen silver print from glass negative · Photographs

In 1885 the Henry brothers, astronomers at the Paris Observatory, built a refractor telescope with a sophisticated clock drive designed specifically for photography. They used the instrument to photograph the surface of the moon, as seen here, along with many other astronomical objects, including planets, asteroids, nebulae, and star fields.

Artist

Paul Henry|Prosper Henry

Date

1890

Medium

Albumen silver print from glass negative

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Gift of Rolf Mayer, 1995