The Moon's Phases in Lecture on Astronomy: Beauty of the Heavens; a Pictorial Display of the Astronomical Phenomena of the Universe
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Blunt marketed his book of popular astronomy to families and envisioned them reading it aloud together in their parlors. His astronomical drawings, such as this diagram of the moon’s phases, are as elegant as they are legible. The brief descriptive "lectures" that accompany each illustration are likewise simplified and free from scientific jargon.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Moon's Phases in Lecture on Astronomy: Beauty of the Heavens; a Pictorial Display of the Astronomical Phenomena of the Universe
- Artist: Charles F. Blunt (British, active 1811–45)
- Publisher: Tilt and Bogue (London)
- Date: 1842
- Medium: Book
- Dimensions: 7 11/16 x 6 ½ in.
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Washington, D.C. (QB68 .B65 1842)
- Curatorial Department: Photographs