Photographie Lunaire Albategnius - Triesnecker - Manilius, 1903

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Medium

photogravure

Dimensions

image: 56.99 x 46.51 cm (22 7/16 x 18 5/16 in.)

sheet: 73.66 x 59.69 cm (29 x 23 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2006.133.144

Artists / Makers

Loewy et Puiseux (artist) French

Maurice Loewy (artist) French, born Czech Republic, 1833 - 1907

Pierre Henri Puiseux (artist) French, 1855 - 1928

Image Use

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Inscription

Printed, across top on sheet: PL. XLVI / PHOTOGRAPHIE LUNAIRE / ALBATEGNIUS - TRIESNECKER - MANILIUS / Grand Equatorial Coudé Observatoire de Paris; across bottom on sheet: 1903 MARS 6. 6h9 t.m. Paris Agrandissement 13,1 fois Diamètre Lunaire 2m25 / PAR M.M. LOEWY ET PUISEUX / Héliog & Imp. L. Schutzenberger Paris; on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: MLP0004

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary