The Moon, from nature
Photograph
The Moon, from nature
ca. 1870
Albumen silver print
7.8 x 15.1 cm image on 8.7 x 17.6 cm mount
Museum accession
1981.7857.0001
Inscriptions recto -- (embossed) "Meinerth,".
recto -- (handwritten in pencil) "The Moon (from nature) by telescope
at Cambridge".
verso -- (handwritten in ink) "Taken by telescope in Cambridge, Mass."
verso -- (drawn in pencil and ink) map of the moon.
verso -- (handwritten in pencil) illegible inscription -- too light to
read.
recto -- (handwritten in pencil) "The Moon (from nature) by telescope
at Cambridge".
verso -- (handwritten in ink) "Taken by telescope in Cambridge, Mass."
verso -- (drawn in pencil and ink) map of the moon.
verso -- (handwritten in pencil) illegible inscription -- too light to
read.
