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Lot 2014
BENTLEY, WILSON A. (1865-1931) Six microphotographic studies of dewdrops on plants, spiderwebs etc.,
about 1900. Gold chloride toned prints from glass plate negatives, the largest 3 x 4 inches (100 x 78 mm), all titled in pencil in Bentley's hand.
Bentley was a Vermont farmer, who in 1885 became the first person to photograph a single snow crystal. He recorded about 5,000 in all, discovering in the process that no two are alike, possibly the first time that this observation had been made. To create the images, he used a microscope attached to a bellows camera. Using the same method he also investigated frost and dew, producing these exquisite images. These include dew on dandelion; on a shamrock; a fern; a spider web; a strawberry leaf; and on red top grass.
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