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The Moon

The Moon

(American, 1807–1886)
1865
Medium/TechniqueStereocard, albumen prints mounted to card stock
DimensionsMount: 8.2 x 17.3 cm (3 1/4 x 6 13/16 in.)
Credit LineEdward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession number65.2700
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsVerso, in ink: Joseph L. Bates Verso, stamp: Joseph L. Bates Boston, Dec 11, 1865
ProvenanceOliver Wendell Holmes (b. 1809 – d. 1894), Boston; by descent to his grandson, Edward Jackson Holmes (b. 1873 – d. 1950), Boston; 1950, bequeathed by Edward Jackson Holmes to his widow, Mary Stacy Beaman Holmes (b. 1875 – d. 1964), Boston; 1965, bequest of Mrs. Holmes to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2010)