Spherical lunar mosaicposed of narrow angle photographs taken by the spacecraft a few hours before lunar sunset on the 13th June and depicting a shadow self-portrait of the probeSurveyor 1, 13 June 1966Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 26 x 20.5cm (10 x 8 in), BLACK NUMBERED 66-1833, with a NASA caption affixed to the verso, signed on the verso by Tim FurnissProvenance: from Tim Furniss collectionFootnotes:By 1966 the Soviets and Americans were dispatching soft-landing craft to the Moon, which transmitted the first images from its surface. The Soviet Luna 9 alighted on the Moon's Ocean of Storms on February 3, 1966; the U.S. Surveyor 1 touched down near the crater Flamsteed on June 2, 1966 and sent back thoands of images, including images of its own reflection in lunar soil