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Black and white stipple engraving of the moon filling a dark circle, with cratered surface and dark plains, above rows of small printed text and a scale bar.

The moon, viewed in oblique sunlight. Stipple engraving, 1806, by J. Russell.

A full moon fills a black circular field, its cratered surface rendered in fine stippled dots and shading, with bright highlights on the ridges and dark maria in the upper area. Below the disc, a scale grid and several lines of small engraved text fill the lower margin of the printed plate.

Artist
John Russell
Date
26 November 1806
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2914 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1806.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: La Luna con luz solar oblicua, grabado a punteado (1806)

Una luna llena ocupa un campo circular negro, con su superficie cubierta de cráteres representada en finos puntos y sombreados, y con zonas oscuras de mares lunares en la parte superior. Debajo del disco hay una cuadrícula de escala y varias líneas de texto grabado en el margen inferior.

Português: A Lua sob luz solar oblíqua, gravura pontilhada (1806)

Uma lua cheia preenche um campo circular escuro, com a superfície cheia de crateras representada por pontos finos e sombreado, e áreas escuras de mares lunares na parte superior. Abaixo do disco, uma grade de escala e várias linhas de texto gravado ocupam a margem inferior.

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