Moonstone
Moonstone

Currently not on view

Moonstone,

ca. 1880

Charles T. Scowen, English, 1852–1948
1997-459

Information

Title
Moonstone
Dates

ca. 1880

Maker
Charles T. Scowen
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
20.8 x 27.4 cm. (8 3/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, anonymous gift
Object Number
1997-459
Inscription
Inscribed in pencil in unknown hand, verso center, upside-down: 32 Inscribed in pencil in unknown hand, verso left bottom edge: 1519 Moonstone
Culture
British
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
albumen process
Subject
steps, carving, stonework

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