Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by John Russell, 1745–1806, British

Title:
Lunar Planisphere, Flat Light
Date:
1805
Medium:
Stipple and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/4 × 18 3/4 inches (50.2 × 47.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "T"; inscribed on verso in graphite, center left: "12/6"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
public domain
Accession Number:
B2016.39.1
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
map | moon
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Apollo's Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019-07-01 - 2019-09-22)

Publications:
Glenn Adamson, A Moon with a View, Magazine Antiques, vol. 186, pp. 24-5, NK1125 .A3 (LC)+ Oversize (Haas)

Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:73471