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Charles le Morvan

Carte photographique de la lune, planche XVI.A (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate XVI.A), September 5, 1904, printed 1914

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portfolio Title

Carte photographique et systématique de la lune

Medium

photogravure

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.)

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Accession Number

2018.22.1.40

Artists / Makers

Charles Le Morvan (artist) French, 1865 - 1933

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Inscription

top center in plate mark typed in black ink: CARTE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE LA LUNE / Par C. Le Morvan; top left: Facteur d’Agrand. t. 6,0; top right: PL.XVI.A.; across bottom: 1904 Septembre 5 16h 46m 32s T.M. de Paris Négatif Obtenu au Gd. Equatorial Coudé de l’Observatoire de Paris Diamètre lunaire 1m, 03; bottom center: LIMITES { EN LONG. 45° à 90° E. / EN LAT. 35° à 88° N. / Héliog. L. Massard, Paris

Provenance

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

Associated Names

W. P. Watson Antiquarian Books

Exhibition History

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

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