Systematic Photographic Map of the Moon, Increasing and Decreasing Phases
Charles Le Morvan|L'Académie des Sciences|L. Massard
1899–1909, published 1914 · Photogravures · Photographs
Beginning in 1894, Le Morvan, a young astronomer at the Paris Observatory, began assisting his colleagues Maurice Loewy and Pierre Puiseux with what would become the first comprehensive photographic atlas of the moon. In 1914 Le Morvan used a selection of the same photographs to publish his own lunar map. When displayed in a grid, the forty-eight photogravures in the portfolio form two spectacular views of the moon, one waxing and the other waning.
- Artist
- Charles Le Morvan|L'Académie des Sciences|L. Massard
- Date
- 1899–1909, published 1914
- Medium
- Photogravures
- Department
- Photographs
- Credit line
- Funds from various donors, 2016
