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Print made by John Russell, 1745–1806, British, Lunar Planisphere, Hypothetical Oblique Light, 1806
- Title:
Lunar Planisphere, Hypothetical Oblique Light
- Date:
- 1806
- Medium:
- Stipple and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 × 16 3/8 inches (43.2 × 41.6 cm), Image: 16 1/4 × 16 3/8 inches (41.3 × 41.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Plate No.2"
Lettered below image, lower center: "London, Published by Wm Faden, Novr. 26, 1806"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- public domain
- Accession Number:
- B2016.39.2
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- map | moon
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:73472
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