Our Satellite. A Selenography According to The Present State of Science, 1862

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portfolio Title

Our Satellite. A Selenography According to The Present State of Science

Medium

folio with 8 albumen prints, 1 lithograph, and text

Dimensions

overall: 43.18 × 33.02 cm (17 × 13 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

Accession Number

2018.177.14

Artists / Makers

Dr. A. Le Vengeur d'Orsan (artist) French, 1800 - 1899

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

upper left printed in black ink on cover of folio: PART 1.; upper right: AUGUST 1862.; CENTER: OUR / SATELLITE. / A. / SELENOGRAPHY ACCORDING / TO THE PRESENT STATE / OF SCIENCE. / BY DR. A. LE VENGEUR D'ORSAN; lower left: FLAMSTEED. / HALLEY. / BRADLEY. / BLISS. / MASKELYNE. / POND. / AIRY.; lower center: LONDON. / A.W. BENNETT, / 5. BISHOPSGATE STREET WITHOUT.; lower right: HEVELIUS. / MAYER. / LAPLACE. / SCHROTER. / ROMER. / LOHRMANN. / MADLER.; by unknown hand, bottom left in black ink: Miscellaneous / astronomy / z.1; bottom left: 2B8; bottom left stamped in blue ink on applied sticker: 8

Provenance

Randy Liebermann, Washington, DC; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary

Exhibition History

2019: By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.