[Spiral of Lightning in a Thunderstorm]

Creator Name

Charles Moussette

Cultural Context

Date

May 12, 1886

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Photograph

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Title

[Spiral of Lightning in a Thunderstorm]

Creator

Charles Moussette, French, active 1880s, Artist

Worktype

Photographs

Cultural Context

Material

Albumen silver print from glass negative

Dimensions

Mount: 9 13/16 in. × 6 7/8 in. (25 × 17.5 cm) Image: 6 5/8 × 4 5/8 in. (16.9 × 11.7 cm);
height: 16.9centimetre;
width: 11.7centimetre;
height: 25centimetre;
width: 17.5centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

May 12, 1886

Provenance

Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Lightning

Topic

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