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Sepia plate of many lunar craters with dark shadows and bright rims, captioned 'A Group of Lunar Craters S.E. of Tycho'.

Group of Lunar Craters South-East of Tycho, Nasmyth Plate

A monochrome brown plate shows a dense field of lunar craters, rendered with deep shadows and bright highlighted rims across a rough, pitted surface. The printed caption beneath reads 'A Group of Lunar Craters S.E. of Tycho,' and the record attributes the plate to James Nasmyth.

Artist
James Nasmyth
Date
[between 1860 and 1869?]
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2866 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1879.
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

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