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'Altre scoverte fatte nella luna' (discovery of life on the moon) according to Sir John Herschel, 1836 (hand-t
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'Altre scoverte fatte nella luna' (discovery of life on the moon) according to Sir John Herschel, 1836 (hand-tinted litho)
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Artist
Galluzzo, Leopoldo (fl.1836)
Location
Smithsonian Libraries, Washington DC, USA
Medium
hand-tinted lithograph
Date
1836 AD (C19th AD)
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This portfolio of hand-tinted lithographs purports to illustrate the "discovery of life on the moon." In 1835, Richard A. Locke, writing for the New York Sun, claimed that the noted British astronomer Sir John Herschel had discovered life on the moon. Flora and fauna included bat-men, moon maidens (with luna-moth wings), moon bison, and other extravagant life forms. Locke proposed an expedition to the moon using a ship supported by hydrogen balloons.

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© Smithsonian Institution / Bridgeman Images
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astronomer / astronomy / moon / imagined / bat-men / luna-moth / landscape / creatures / flying / imagination / wings / humans / concept / geology / fantastical / wing / fauna / human / creature / life / geological / flora / astronomy / winged / flight / imaginary / 19th / fatte / nella / 1836 / luna / bison / altre / scoverte / herschel

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