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Plato, plate XIV, from James Nasmyth and James Carpenter, The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite (London: John Murray, 1874).

Plato, plate XIV, from James Nasmyth and James Carpenter, The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite (London: John Murray, 1874).

(English, 1808–1890)
1874
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, Woodburytype
DimensionsImage: 15.4 x 17.2 cm (6 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 22 x 28 cm (8 11/16 x 11 in.)
Credit LineGift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas
Accession number2011.1757
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsVerso upper center: Plate XIV; Verso lower left: J. Nasmyth; verso lower right: Woodbury; verso lower center: scale with scale mark
Provenance2010, acquired from an antiquarian book dealer in Cumberland, Maryland by Arlette and Gus Kayafas, Boston; 2011, gift of Arlette and Gus Kayafas to the MFA. (Accession date: September 21, 2011)