Carte photographique de la lune, planche I (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate I)

February 23, 1909, printed 1914

Charles Le Morvan

Artist, French, 1865 - 1933

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure with ink on tissue paper overlay

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 31.1 × 25.5 cm (12 1/4 × 10 1/16 in.)
    plate: 38.9 × 29.5 cm (15 5/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 49 × 37.9 cm (19 5/16 × 14 15/16 in.)
    tissue: 42.55 × 37.47 cm (16 3/4 × 14 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.22.1.1

Associated Artworks

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Carte photographique de la lune, planche XII.A (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate XII.A)

Charles Le Morvan

1908

Carte photographique de la lune, planche VI (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate VI)

Charles Le Morvan

1901

Carte photographique de la lune, planche XI.A (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate XI.A)

Charles Le Morvan

1907


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Rick Watson, London); NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

top center in plate mark typed in black ink: CARTE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE LA LUNE / Par C. Le Morvan; upper left: Facteur d’Agrand t. 6.0; upper right: PL. I; lower left: 1909 Février 23 6h. 8m. 22s. T.M. de Paris; lower center: Négatif Obtenu au Gd. Equatorial Coudé de l’Observatoire de Paris; lower right: Diamètre lunaire 1m. 03; bottom center: LIMITES { EN LONG. 50°. à 90°. O. / EN LAT. 7°. N. à 30°. S. / Héliog. L. Massard 55, r. Didot Paris.


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