Carte photographique et systématique de la lune (Photographic and Systematic Chart of the Moon)
Medium
portfolio of 48 photogravures and 24 ink on tissue paper overlays, in 4 folios with 1 text booklet
Dimensions
overall: 50.5 × 40 cm (19 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund
Accession Number
2018.22.1.1-48
About the Artist
Charles le Morvan
Charles Le Morvan (1865–1932), born Charles Marie Le Morvan in Pleubian, Brittany, emerged as a pivotal figure in the dawn of astronomical photography during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Joining the Paris Observatory staff in 1890, he worked as an assistant to astronomers Maurice Loewy and Pierre Puiseux, contributing essential photographic observations and glass plate prepar...