Carte photographique de la lune, planche II (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate II)
March 15, 1902, printed 1914
Artist, French, 1865 - 1933

Artwork overview
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Medium
photogravure with ink on tissue paper overlay
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Credit Line
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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
2018.22.1.2
Associated Artworks
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Carte photographique et systématique de la lune (Photographic and Systematic Chart of the Moon)
Charles Le Morvan
1914

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 I (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate I)
Charles Le Morvan
1909
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. 5.2; upper right: PL. II; lower left: 1902 Mars 15 7h. 3m. 19s. T.M. de Paris; lower center: Négatif Obtenu au Gd. Equatorial Coudé de l’Observatoire de Paris; lower right: Diamètre lunaire 0m. 90; bottom center: LIMITES { EN LONG. 20°. à 55°. O. / EN LAT. 7°. N à 30°. S. / Héliog. L. Massard Paris.