James Nasmyth, Copernicus’ crater study model in plaster, 1870’s One of 15 assorted photographs of Nasmyth’s crater models illuminated at a low angle illustrating unknown lunar craters and…
James Nasmyth, 1851. Copernicus’ crater, chalk, pastel and crayon, painting of part of the surface of the Moon, dated 16 April 1851. 143.5x123cm. James Nasmyth, a Scottish engineer who had…
Greenland, Kangerlussuatsiaq, 10 August 1936 The boat Pourquoi-Pas? of Commandant Charcot left Kangerlussuatsiaq, after having landed Paul-Émile Victor, his eskimo family and all their equipment. On September 16, the…
Paul Regnard, Hystéro-épilepsie. Contracture, Planche XXX, from Désiré-Magloire Bourneville and Paul Regnard, Iconographie photographique de la Salpêtrière: Service de M. Charcot (Paris: V. Adrien Delahaye, 1876–80), vol. 2,…
August Strindberg, Célestographies, 1894 Depois de várias experiências falhadas, August Strindberg, influenciado pela crescente importância da fotografia nos meios da astronomia, decide expor os papéis fotográficos directamente à…
August Strindberg, Célestographies, 1894 Depois de várias experiências falhadas, August Strindberg, influenciado pela crescente importância da fotografia nos meios da astronomia, decide expor os papéis fotográficos directamente à…