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MOON—PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE ARGENTINE NATIONAL OBSERVATORY. GOULD, BENJAMIN APTHORP & JOHN A. HEARD. Photograph of the Full Moon 1875, June 18, 10H, 52M, Sid. Time. [Cordoba]: Argentine National Observatory, 1875.
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MOON—PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE ARGENTINE NATIONAL OBSERVATORY.
GOULD, BENJAMIN APTHORP & JOHN A. HEARD. Photograph of the Full Moon 1875, June 18, 10H, 52M, Sid. Time. [Cordoba]: Argentine National Observatory, 1875.
Large mounted albumen print, 18 7/8 x 19 1/4 inches on 22 x 22 inch original mount with printed caption label. Toned, significant craquelure to the blacks, mount chipped at corners and with residue from previous matting, small losses to imprint. Matted.
UNUSUALLY LARGE ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FULL MOON FROM 1875. The National Observatory in Argentina was founded on October 24, 1871 by the American astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824-1896). The photographer was John A. Heard of Boston, who had emigrated to Cordoba for his health. His photographic work for the Observatory spanned from only May of 1875 to the end of 1876. See Gould Photografías Cordobesas, 1897, p 5.
Large mounted albumen print, 18 7/8 x 19 1/4 inches on 22 x 22 inch original mount with printed caption label. Toned, significant craquelure to the blacks, mount chipped at corners and with residue from previous matting, small losses to imprint. Matted.
UNUSUALLY LARGE ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FULL MOON FROM 1875. The National Observatory in Argentina was founded on October 24, 1871 by the American astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824-1896). The photographer was John A. Heard of Boston, who had emigrated to Cordoba for his health. His photographic work for the Observatory spanned from only May of 1875 to the end of 1876. See Gould Photografías Cordobesas, 1897, p 5.





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