Full Moon
mid–19th century
Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Dimensions
Image: 7.6 × 15.5 cm (3 × 6 1/8 in.); Card: 8.6 × 17.5 cm (3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
stereograph (albumen)
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
60126
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Stereographs were made by taking two photographs of the same scene with lenses about two and a half inches apart to match the distance between human eyes; viewed through a stereoscope, the images combine to give the illusion of depth. Enormously popular from around 1850 to 1930, stereographs documented disasters, expeditions, monuments, and exotic locations by the millions. Nathan Pease, based in New Hampshire, was one of many photographers who ran a brisk trade in stereographic landscapes for t...