Carte photographique et systématique de la lune (Photographic and Systematic Chart of the Moon)

1902–1907, published 1926

Charles Le Morvan

Artist, French, 1865 - 1933

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    6 photogravures and text booklet

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.5 × 14.7 cm (7 11/16 × 5 13/16 in.)
    plate: 25.5 × 20.8 cm (10 1/16 × 8 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 38 × 27.8 cm (14 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.)
    image (tissue paper): 19.9 × 20 cm (7 13/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
    sheet (tissue paper): 30 × 24 cm (11 13/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
    text booklet: 31.3 × 24 cm (12 5/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2019.177.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(W.P. Watson Antiquarian Books, London); Dan and Mary Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2019.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

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

Inscriptions

across recto of cover printed in black ink: CARTE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE / ET SYSTÉMATIQUE / DE LA LUNE / PAR / C. LE MORVAN / ASTRONOME ADJOINT A L’OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS / IMAGES DIRECTES / SIX PLANCHES EN HÉLIOGRAVURE / PARIS / MDCDXXVI


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