The Moon (10 Days Old)
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.In 1885 the Henry brothers, astronomers at the Paris Observatory, built a refractor telescope with a sophisticated clock drive and an eleven-foot-long lens 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.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Moon (10 Days Old)
- Artist: George W. Ritchey (American, Tuppers Plains, Ohio 1864–1945 Azusa, California)
- Date: ca. 1901
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions: Image: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Framed: 16 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (41.9 × 36.8 cm) - Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Randy and Yulia G. Liebermann Lunar and Planetary Exploration Collection
- Curatorial Department: Photographs