Live Trapdoor spider, holding onto hatch of its burrow
Photograph
Live Trapdoor spider, holding onto hatch of its burrow
October 9, 1948
Gelatin silver print
Image: 13 1/2 × 10 9/16 in. (34.3 × 26.8 cm)
Gift of the photographer
1978.0606.0220
Inscriptions inscribed in pencil on verso, TC: Live Trapdoor Spider, holding onto \ hatch of its burrow: Burrow [illegible] open at the side to show interior \ and lower part of spider. [upside-down]; inscribed in pencil on verso, LC: 5 [circled and crossed out] / B [crossed out]; stamped in black ink on verso, BL: PHOTOGRAPH BY \ ANDREAS FEININGER / OCT 9 1948 [upside-down]; stamped in black ink on verso, BR: LIFE PHOTO \ BY / ANDREAS FEININGER [upside-down]; signed in pencil on verso, BLC: A.F.; inscribed in blue ink on verso, BR: Story publ. in LIFE \ Aug. 29, 1949 [upside-down]
