Victorian photograph of the moon sells in an Irish auction

A label to this 21 x 16½in (53 x 42cm) print reads 'Photograph of the Moon, taken by Prof Henry Draper, MD, with a silvered glass Telescope, Fifteen and a Half Inches Aperture, Hastings NY September 3rd 1863'.

The image has some tears and shows a centre crease where it had been folded but it took €5600 (£50…

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