Carte photographique de la lune, planche XVI.A (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate XVI.A)
September 5, 1904, printed 1914
Artist, French, 1865 - 1933
Charles le Morvan
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Artwork overview
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Medium
photogravure
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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.) -
Accession Number
2018.22.1.40
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
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
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