Full Moon: The Left Hand Moon was Photographed June 2nd, 1871. The Right Hand Moon was Photographed Aug. 29, 1871

E. & H. T. Anthony|Lewis Morris Rutherfurd

1871 · Albumen silver print · Photographs

Like Warren De La Rue before him, Rutherfurd produced lunar stereoviews, pairing photographs of the full moon taken at different times and places. Seen through an optical viewer, the composite image presents an otherwise impossible three-dimensional view of the moon.

Artist

E. & H. T. Anthony|Lewis Morris Rutherfurd

Date

1871

Medium

Albumen silver print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Gift of Weston J. Naef, in memory of Kathleen W. Naef and Weston J. Naef Sr., 1982