Lewis Morris Rutherfurd photographs, 1850s-1870s

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Series II: Photographic Prints, 1864-1865, 1871

This series consists of ten mounted black-and-white telescopic photographic prints depicting the moon in various phases. According to Rees, Rutherfurd printed from albumenized plates that were made using the wet-plate process.



Box 1 Folder 1 Full moon, November 13, 1864

9¼ x 7½" (print), 12 x 9 ½" (mat)


Box 1 Folder 2 Moon, January 18, 1865

9½ x 7½" (print), 12 x 9 ½" (mat)


Box 1 Folder 3 Moon, February 4, 1865

9½ x 7½" (print), 12 x 9" (mat)


Box 1 Folder 4 Moon, March 6, 1865

9¼ x 7½" (print), 12 x 9 ½" (mat)



Mapcase 15-L-4 Item 1 Lunar Photograph - Last Quarter, undated

13 x 9.5"


Mapcase 15-L-4 Item 2 Half moon, March 6, 1865

25.75 x 21"


Mapcase 15-L-4 Item 3 Half moon, January 18, 1865

22 x 28"


Mapcase 15-L-4 Item 4 Full moon, June 2, 1871

22 x 28"


Mapcase 15-L-4 Item 5 Half moon, March 4, 1865

22 x 28"


Mapcase 15-L-4 Item 6 Half moon, March 6, 1865

22 x 28"