Normal lunar crater / J.N. ; J. Nasmyth ; (Woodbury). – Historic Reproduction
![Normal lunar crater / J.N. ; J. Nasmyth ; (Woodbury)., [1874] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2f/2f2a7264c69b-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic print captures Normal lunar crater / J.N. ; J. Nasmyth ; (Woodbury). in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Normal lunar crater / J.N. ; J. Nasmyth ; (Woodbury).
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Plate XXI in the 1874 second edition of James Nasmyth and James Carpenter's *The Moon* shows a single "normal" crater, the ringed hollow that the authors considered the most typical feature of the lunar surface. Nasmyth made his lunar landscapes as plaster models, lit at a low angle to mimic the long shadows the Sun casts on the Moon, and photographed them so the results could be compared with telescopic views. The plate was printed by woodburytype, a photomechanical process that produces continuous tones closer to a photograph than to an engraving, which suited the book's aim of presenting the Moon as a real landscape.
| Created / published | [1874] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : woodburytype. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1870-1880.Woodburytypes 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Illus. in: The moon: considered as a planet, a world, and a satellite / By James Nasmyth, C.E. and James Carpenter, F.R.A.S [...]. 2nd. ed. London : J. Murray, 1874, Plate XXI. |
| Subjects | Moon--1870-1880. Craters--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,521 × 3,650 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222913 |
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