Photographie Lunaire Rayonnement de Tycho - Phase Croissante, 1899

Not on View

Medium

photogravure

Dimensions

image: 57.15 x 46.67 cm (22 1/2 x 18 3/8 in.)

sheet: 79.53 x 60.01 cm (31 5/16 x 23 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2006.133.90

Artists / Makers

Loewy et Puiseux (artist) French

Maurice Loewy (artist) French, born Czech Republic, 1833 - 1907

Pierre Henri Puiseux (artist) French, 1855 - 1928

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

printed, across top on sheet: PL. XXXVI / PHOTOGRAPHIE LUNAIRE / RAYONNEMENT DE TYCHO - PHASE CROISSANTE / Grand Equatorial Coudé Observatoire de Paris; across bottom on sheet: 1899 Novembre 14 9h5' t.m. Paris Agrandissement 7,69 fois Diamètre Lunaire 1m32 / PAR M.M. LOEWY ET PUISEUX / Héliog & Imp. L. Schutzenberger Paris.

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

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.