Moonlight Collection (#7)

Para Selance or Arctic Moon, c. 1850-51 (watercolour)
7295571 Para Selance or Arctic Moon, c. 1850-51 (watercolour) by Aldrich, Admiral Pelham (1844-1930); 17.8x25.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Astronomers making observations of the Moon
5310224 Astronomers making observations of the Moon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting astronomers making observations of the Moon. Dated 15th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Medal commemorating the Nelsonic Crimson Oakes Society, a masonic organization for sailors, 1808 (silver)
MMM5472840 Medal commemorating the Nelsonic Crimson Oakes Society, a masonic organization for sailors, 1808 (silver); National Maritime Museum, London

Total eclipse of the Sun on July 18, 1860. In "Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire naturelle" by Mr
JAB5036769 Total eclipse of the Sun on July 18, 1860. In "Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire naturelle" by Mr

Adano Putra, daughter of Dipak Raga, c.1730-50 (gouache)
1196993 Adano Putra, daughter of Dipak Raga, c.1730-50 (gouache) by Yakovlev, Vassily Nikolayevich (1893-1953); 34.3x23.6 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images

Johannes Hevelius observation of a Gibbous Moon
5312019 Johannes Hevelius observation of a Gibbous Moon; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Johannes Hevelius observation of a Gibbous Moon. Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) a Polish-Lithuanian Astronomer

The lunar eclipse which appeared the year Alexander the Great was born
5310087 The lunar eclipse which appeared the year Alexander the Great was born; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the lunar eclipse which appeared the year Alexander the Great was born -356 BC)

Triple moons
5310086 Triple moons; (add.info.: Engraving depicting triple moons, as observed in the 12th century. Dated 15th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Title page of Tabulae Frisicae Lunae-Solares by Nicolaus Mulerius
5312084 Title page of Tabulae Frisicae Lunae-Solares by Nicolaus Mulerius; (add.info.: Title page of Tabulae Frisicae Lunae-Solares by Nicolaus Mulerius)

An engraving depicting Indians astonished at the eclipse of the Moon as foretold by Christopher Columbus, 19th century
5311407 An engraving depicting Indians astonished at the eclipse of the Moon as foretold by Christopher Columbus, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1781); Universal History Archive/UIG

Illustration showing astronauts leaving the Pic du Midi Observatory, to colonize the Moon
5311516 Illustration showing astronauts leaving the Pic du Midi Observatory, to colonize the Moon. Drawn by Albert Robida (1848 - 1926); French illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist

The Roman Goddess Juno
5307211 The Roman Goddess Juno.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Roman Goddess Juno. Juno, the protector, and special counsellor of the state. Dated 19th century)

A total solar eclipse
5307911 A total solar eclipse.; (add.info.: Diagram depicting a total solar eclipse. A solar eclipse (as seen from Earth) is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun

Myths and legends: Sea Monster. Sea Snake draws from a book by Hans Egidius. Colourful engraving of the 19th century
NWI4929333 Myths and legends: Sea Monster. Sea Snake draws from a book by Hans Egidius. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Myths and legends: Sea Monster)

Everyday life, Victorian England: winter recreation, snowball battle on Christmas Eve, in an English town
NWI4883627 Everyday life, Victorian England: winter recreation, snowball battle on Christmas Eve, in an English town, on the stoop adults watch children having fun

Ringing Christmas bells in an English belfry, 1700s. Everyday life, England: Christmas night
NWI4882538 Ringing Christmas bells in an English belfry, 1700s. Everyday life, England: Christmas night, men bells in the belfry around 1700

A young woman sitting on a crescent moon plays mandolin. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century
JAB5036921 A young woman sitting on a crescent moon plays mandolin. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century.; (add.info.: A young woman sitting on a crescent moon plays mandolin)

Portraits of young women with different hairstyles in a crescent moon. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century
JAB5036917 Portraits of young women with different hairstyles in a crescent moon. Postcard from the beginning of the 20th century.; (add.info)

First World War: France, Postcard showing an Algerian shoemer, 1918
LUX4734271 First World War: France, Postcard showing an Algerian shoemer, 1918; (add.info.: First World War - War 14-18 (1914-1918) - World War I (WWI or WW1): France

Sciences: astronomy. Astronomers studying planets and stars of the solar system (sun, moon and stars), 1537
NWI4953857 Sciences: astronomy. Astronomers studying planets and stars of the solar system (sun, moon and stars), 1537. 19th century engraving.; (add.info.: Sciences: astronomy)

Luna
3740665 Luna; (add.info.: Medieval engraving titled Luna'. The Moon was considered to be a female planet, and that those born under the Moon loved geometry and related arts)

Lunar table
3740639 Lunar table; (add.info.: Lunar table which could be used in conjunction with a nativity and a Decumbiture for calculating the progress and outcome of an acute illness by Ebenezer Sibly)

Sun and moon gravitational effect
3734106 Sun and moon gravitational effect.; (add.info.: Diagram showing how when the sun and moon are in alignment their gravitational effect on the Earth is greatest so producing spring tides)

Moon through the smoke of a blaze
2909820 Moon through the smoke of a blaze; (add.info.: Moon through the smoke of a blaze. Print shows firemen standing on the rooftops of buildings, signalling to each other during a conflagration)

The fourth month
2909953 The fourth month; (add.info.: The fourth month. Print shows a woman sitting at the opening to a building, enjoying the evening by moonlight. 1892); Universal History Archive/UIG

Piazza San Marco in Venice, with the facade of the Basilica of San Marco and the Campanile seen from the Museo Civico
3571005 Piazza San Marco in Venice, with the facade of the Basilica of San Marco and the Campanile seen from the Museo Civico Correr

Nocturnal. Leman Lake - Souvenir of Villeneuve (1895). Alexandre Nozal (1852-1929)
SYC4195844 Nocturnal. Leman Lake - Souvenir of Villeneuve (1895). Alexandre Nozal (1852-1929). Pastel and watercolor on brown paper glue on canvas

Letter C: Little Paul broke his hoop evil spear; but he has the pieces that make just two C, 1861 (engraving)
DUV4214989 Letter C: Little Paul broke his hoop evil spear; but he has the pieces that make just two C, 1861 (engraving), 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim)

Letter I: A conscript, a stick, an asparagus, an epi: nothing is more straight, more stiff, except the great I
DUV4214935 Letter I: A conscript, a stick, an asparagus, an epi: nothing is more straight, more stiff, except the great I, 1861 (engraving); (add.info.: "ABC Trim)

Letter J, K and L (juggling, judge and kepi then moon, rabbit, lamp, spear), c.1920 (print)
DUV4202560 Letter J, K and L (juggling, judge and kepi then moon, rabbit, lamp, spear), c.1920 (print); 16x24.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: ABC de Guignol by Griff (French illustrator)

Astronauts leaving the Pie du Midi Observatory to explore and colonise the moon, 1850
3330992 Astronauts leaving the Pie du Midi Observatory to explore and colonise the moon, 1850; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting astronauts leaving the Pie du Midi Observatory to explore)

Kit?b-I ?aj?y?b al-makhl?q?t va ghar??ib al-mawj?d?t
2626700 Kit?b-I ?aj?y?b al-makhl?q?t va ghar??ib al-mawj?d?t; (add.info.: Illustration depicting The moon, from 1538 edition, of Kit?b-I ?aj?y?b al-makhl?q?t va ghar??ib al-mawj?d?t')

Roman mythology: Chaos, primordial element of the origin of the world, god of creation with its attributes the Sun
FLO4679682 Roman mythology: Chaos, primordial element of the origin of the world, god of creation with its attributes the Sun and the Moon

The Highlanders Burial Ground (w/c)
AGN55378 The Highlanders Burial Ground (w/c) by Turner, William (Turner of Oxford) (1789-1862); Private Collection; (add.info.: by William Turner); Photo © Agnew's, London

Saxon idol of the Moon shown holding a disc which displays the phases of the Moon. Wood engraving, 1834
537277 Saxon idol of the Moon shown holding a disc which displays the phases of the Moon. Wood engraving, 1834; (add.info)

The space capsule Columbiad orbiting close to the Moon, 1865 (engraving)
538417 The space capsule Columbiad orbiting close to the Moon, 1865 (engraving); (add.info.: The space capsule Columbiad orbiting close to the Moon. From Jules Verne Autour de la Lune, Paris, 1865)

Galileo's 1611 drawing of lunar craters. (c1655) (engraving)
540239 Galileo's 1611 drawing of lunar craters. (c1655) (engraving); (add.info.: Galileo Galilei (1554-1642), Italian mathematician, astronomer and physicist

The moonlight battle off St. Vincent, 1782 (mezzotint)
1579727 The moonlight battle off St. Vincent, 1782 (mezzotint); (add.info.: Mezzotint of the moonlight battle off St. Vincent. In the distance the San Domingo blowing up. Print by R. Laurie)

Moonshine on Port Said to the north of the Suez Canal
3561660 Moonshine on Port Said to the north of the Suez Canal by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Port Said, Egypt 1900-1910 Photographer: PZ - Photoglob & Co.); Alinari Archives

The Dream of Happiness, after 1819 (oil on fabric)
XOS5879761 The Dream of Happiness, after 1819 (oil on fabric) by Prud'hon, Pierre-Paul (1758-1823); 24.2x29.3 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Arcs of colour in the sky after sunset (colour litho)
8663608 Arcs of colour in the sky after sunset (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Arcs of colour in the sky after sunset)

Les farces de la lune et les mesaventures de Nostradamus, magic show. Theatre Robert-Houdin, Paris. 1891
CUL4893712 Les farces de la lune et les mesaventures de Nostradamus, magic show. Theatre Robert-Houdin, Paris. 1891; (add.info.: Dir. Hughes, Howard R. Melies, George.); Photo © HILL/AIC

First World War: France, Postcard showing an Algerian shoemer in battle, 1918
LUX4735075 First World War: France, Postcard showing an Algerian shoemer in battle, 1918; (add.info.: First World War - War 14-18 (1914-1918) - World War I (WWI or WW1): France

Fantome d'Orient, Portrait of Pierre Loti (1850-1923) (pastel on paper)
XIR188700 Fantome d'Orient, Portrait of Pierre Loti (1850-1923) (pastel on paper) by Levy-Dhurmer, Lucien (1865-1953); 42x56 cm; Musee Basque, Bayonne, France; (add.info.: Pierre Loti)

Dial detail of celestial clockwork globe, 17th century (gilt copper alloy, brass, gilt brass, blued-steel, engraved)
7339255 Dial detail of celestial clockwork globe, 17th century (gilt copper alloy, brass, gilt brass, blued-steel, engraved) by Habrecht

Cover of Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui, number 298, , illustration by Emile Laforgue
ICA4842242 Cover of Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui, number 298, , illustration by Emile Laforgue: Litterature - Laforgue Jules (1860-1887) by Laforgue

Body of the pet dog buried in space following the space capsule in free fall towards the Moo, 1865 (engraving)
538411 Body of the pet dog buried in space following the space capsule in free fall towards the Moo, 1865 (engraving); (add.info)

An engraving depicting Indians astonished at the eclipse of the Moon as foretold by Christopher Columbus, 19th century
5311408 An engraving depicting Indians astonished at the eclipse of the Moon as foretold by Christopher Columbus, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1881); Universal History Archive/UIG

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"Captivating Moonlight: A Journey Through Time and Space" Step into the enchanting world of moonlit wonders, where time stands still and imagination takes flight. From the humble Robert Burns cottage in Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland to the ethereal Moonlit Night on the Dniepr by Kuindzhi, let us embark on a visual odyssey through captivating moonlit scenes. As we wander through Castell Coch (The Red Castle) in Tongwynlais, Cardiff, Wales, our eyes are drawn to its majestic silhouette bathed in the soft glow of moonlight. The Whitefish Point Lighthouse emerges as a beacon of hope amidst the darkness, guiding lost souls with its celestial radiance. In Cromford, Derbyshire, England, Arkwright's Cotton Mills come alive under a starry night sky. The rhythmic hum of machinery blends harmoniously with the tranquil ambiance created by moonbeams dancing upon cotton threads. Venturing into bustling Piccadilly Circus at nightfall is like stepping into an otherworldly realm adorned with neon lights that illuminate London's vibrant spirit, and is here that dreams intertwine with reality beneath a luminous canopy. Florence Mary Anderson's Moonchild beckons us into a whimsical realm where fantasy reigns supreme. Her delicate strokes transport us to realms beyond our wildest imaginings while Marygold's intricate illustrations capture celestial beauty like never before. Gaze upwards towards Nepal's Pharilapche Peak as Sirius, Orion and Aldebaran shine brightly against an ink-black sky. Nature unveils her cosmic masterpiece for all who dare to look up and dream among stars. Bamburgh Castle stands proud under a full summer moon in Northumberland’s Bamburgh village; its ancient walls whisper tales of knights and kings illuminated by lunar magic. Meanwhile Valparaiso in Chile witnesses the birth of another mesmerizing lunar spectacle as the moon rises, casting its ethereal glow upon the city's vibrant streets.