After James Nasmyth
Cirque de Copernic (painting)
Appenins Lunaire
London, 1851 (-ca. 1910)
Moon Phases
Observatoire de Paris, ca. 1910
Silver prints, printed circa 1910, 65x50 and 65x55 mm, titles on mount
James Nasmyth produced a series of sketches and paintings this one circa 1851, from hundreds of observations, focusing on the light and shadow created by the moon’s pitted surface.