Skip to Main Content

Admission is always free

Open today: 10:00 to 5:00

Directions Play Artle

Home>Collection>Carte photographique de la lune, planche XX (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate XX)

1 / 1

download image
This image is in the public domain. You can copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes. Learn more about our image policies.

Charles le Morvan

Carte photographique de la lune, planche XX (Photographic Chart of the Moon, plate XX), March 22, 1899, printed 1914

Not on View

portfolio Title

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

Medium

photogravure with ink on tissue paper overlay

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.)

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Accession Number

2018.22.1.20

Artists / Makers

Charles Le Morvan (artist) French, 1865 - 1933

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .

Inscription

top center in plate mark typed in black ink: CARTE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE LA LUNE / Par C. Le Morvan; upper left: Facteur d’Agrand t. 6.6; upper right: PL. XX; lower left: 1899 Mars 22 5h. 22m. 3s. T.M. de Paris; lower center: Négatif Obtenu au Gd. Equatorial Coudé de l’Observatoire de Paris; lower right: Diamètre lunaire 1m. 05; bottom center: LIMITES { EN LONG. 15°. à 38°. E. / EN LAT. 0°. à 35°. S. / Héliog. L. Massard Paris.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

W. P. Watson Antiquarian Books

Related Content