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Julia Margaret Cameron

The Astronomer (John Frederick William Herschel)

Description

Maker

Julia Margaret Cameron (English, 1815-1879)

Title

The Astronomer (John Frederick William Herschel)

Year

1867

Medium

  • albumen print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • albumen print

Materials

albumen print

Supports

  • light gray board

Dimensions

34.9 x 26.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Colnaghi blind stamp

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum purchase: bequest of Lyra Brown Nickerson, by exchange

Object Number

82.008

Type

  • Photographs

Projects & Publications

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 19: Many Moons

Approximately thirteen moons ago, I asked myself: Is it possible to live under a lunar calendar?

What would such a life reveal? What happens when you measure life in months instead of years? How would you interface with the databases that underlie digitized capitalism? Where to begin?

One begins with one’s own body, of course. Has science fiction taught us nothing?

—Badly Licked Bear, introduction

 

Manual 19 looks up to the skies to consider astronomy and space travel and ponder broader, more ancient associations, including the night in all its inky glory; tides, time, and calendars; the feminine; reflections and mirrors; love and enduring companionship; and lunacy, strangeness, and magic.

  • Books

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Capturing the Light
150 Years of Photography
Sep 22, 1989 – Nov 12, 1989
Recent Gifts and Acquisitions
Nov 05, 1982 – Jan 02, 1983

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Julia Margaret Cameron (English, 1815-1879)
The Astronomer (John Frederick William Herschel), 1867
Albumen print
34.9 x 26.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 7/16 inches)
Museum purchase: bequest of Lyra Brown Nickerson, by exchange 82.008

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