Planetary Moon Collection

Solar System According to Ptolemy, Copernicus and Tycho, Geocentric Model, Heliocentric Model

Second World War child evacuee, c1939 (colour litho)
3104406 Second World War child evacuee, c1939 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Second World War child evacuee, c1939)

Moonrise Over Garrafad - Staffin Island Slipway UK
The moon rises over the rocky and stormy coast of Garrafad, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Near Staffin Island Slipway. United Kingdom

Smiling Moon with Stars
Drawing of the smiling moon, 19 th century

Frog Playing Banjo (chromolitho)
733088 Frog Playing Banjo (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frog Playing Banjo.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

Symbolic representation of the Moon - repro. of a sculpture of the Ducal Palace, Venice, 14th century, A. D
LSE4085796 Symbolic representation of the Moon - repro. of a sculpture of the Ducal Palace, Venice, 14th century, A.D. by Italian School, (14th century) (after); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs

La Lune aux Yeux Bleus, illustration from Les Chansons de Bilitis, by Pierre Louys, pub. 1922 (pochoir print)
3035634 La Lune aux Yeux Bleus, illustration from Les Chansons de Bilitis, by Pierre Louys, pub. 1922 (pochoir print) by Barbier, Georges (1882-1932); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

Autumn Moon at Ishiyama from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style, 1799-1820 (color woodblock print)
5858823 Autumn Moon at Ishiyama from the series Eight Views of Omi in Etching Style, 1799-1820 (color woodblock print) by Hokusai

Naughty boy (colour litho)
3641637 Naughty boy (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Naughty boy. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Harley Street advice (colour litho)
3092920 Harley Street advice (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harley Street advice. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Jupiter in the guise of Diana and the nymph Callisto (oil on canvas)
3121787 Jupiter in the guise of Diana and the nymph Callisto (oil on canvas) by Liberi, Pietro (1614-87); 116.8x170.2 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

Cloelia passing the Tiber, 1630-1640 (oil on panel)
7272329 Cloelia passing the Tiber, 1630-1640 (oil on panel) by Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640); 114 x 144 cm; Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Clelie passant le Tibre); Photo © Fine Art Images

Fol. 149va The Last Judgement: The stars fall and everything is turned upside down (vellum)
ALI142844 Fol.149va The Last Judgement: The stars fall and everything is turned upside down (vellum) by Italian School, (15th century); Biblioteca Reale, Turin, Piedmont

The Seine at Suresnes, c. 1911 (oil on canvas)
7262761 The Seine at Suresnes, c.1911 (oil on canvas) by Rousseau, Henri J.F. (Le Douanier) (1844-1910); 46.1x55.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: by Henri Rousseau (1844-1910))

Moonrise by Sole water
7262794 Moonrise by Sole water by Skredsvig, Christian Eriksen (1854-1924); 68x46 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

View of the Bay of Naples (oil on canvas)
ACI97447 View of the Bay of Naples (oil on canvas) by Wutky, Michael (1739-1823); 95x147 cm; Gemaldegalerie der Bildenden Kunste, Vienna, Austria; Accademia Italiana, London

Allegorical Figures of the Sun and the Moon - in "The miniatures and ornaments of anglosaxon
LSE4097343 Allegorical Figures of the Sun and the Moon - in " The miniatures and ornaments of anglosaxon and irish manuscripts" by Day

Customs officers attacked by smugglers (colour litho)
2819117 Customs officers attacked by smugglers (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Customs officers attacked by smugglers on the Andorran border)

Costume design by Leon Bakst (1866-1924) for Carabosse, the wicked fairy godmother in The Sleeping Beauty
542947 Costume design by Leon Bakst (1866-1924) for Carabosse, the wicked fairy godmother in The Sleeping Beauty. Music by Tchaikovsky. Choreography by Marius Petipa

What are the wild waves saving? (colour litho)
1092376 What are the wild waves saving? (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: What are the wild waves saving)

The Night Blowing Cereus, 1800 (coloured engraving)
985827 The Night Blowing Cereus, 1800 (coloured engraving) by Reinagle, Philip (1749-1833) (attr. to); 57.5x46 (folio) cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Night Blowing Cereus)

The Body of Amabel carried to the Dead Cart (engraving)
725514 The Body of Amabel carried to the Dead Cart (engraving) by Franklin, John (c.1800-c.1868); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Body of Amabel carried to the Dead Cart)

Do not forget your Cats! (engraving)
1603512 Do not forget your Cats! (engraving) by Wain, Louis (1860-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Do not forget your Cats! Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 3 September 1892)

Pan and Selene (oil on panel)
867519 Pan and Selene (oil on panel) by Aachen, Johann or Hans von (1552-1616); 40x49.2 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

Pierrot, c. 1900 (colour litho)
CHT170428 Pierrot, c.1900 (colour litho) by Balluriau, Paul (1860-1917); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; © Archives Charmet

Forest Troll, 1890 (w / c & pencil on paper)
OVR358716 Forest Troll, 1890 (w/c & pencil on paper) by Kittelsen, Theodor Severin (1857-1914); 59x47 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Attempted assassination of King Humbert I of Italy by Giovanni Passannante (1849-1910)
ELD4864569 Attempted assassination of King Humbert I of Italy by Giovanni Passannante (1849-1910) in 1878 (Assassination attempt of king Umberto I of Italy by Giovanni Passannante)

Landscape with Windmill, 1810-65 (Watercolour)
7261666 Landscape with Windmill, 1810-65 (Watercolour) by Pretty, Edward (1792-1865); Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent, UK; (add.info.: Landscape with Windmill)

French Riviera, 1920 (oil on canvas)
7262399 French Riviera, 1920 (oil on canvas) by Vaszary, Janos (1867-1939); 50x60 cm; Slovenska Narodna Galeria, Bratislava, Slovakia; (add.info.: by Janos Vaszary (1867-1939))

Nymphaeum, sculpture
6336789 Nymphaeum, sculpture by Italian School, (16th century); Villa Barbaro, Maser, Veneto, Italy; (add.info.: Villa Barbaro, Maser, Veneto, Italy); © Mark Edward Smith

Seascape at night, 1810-65 (Watercolour)
7261688 Seascape at night, 1810-65 (Watercolour) by Pretty, Edward (1792-1865); Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent, UK; (add.info.: Seascape at night)

Hippocrates the Great with Galien (Fresco of the crypt, c. 1237-1255)
LRI4690123 Hippocrates the Great with Galien (Fresco of the crypt, c.1237-1255) by Unknown Artist, (13th century); Anagni Cathedral, Anagni, Lazio

Statue of Roman moon goddess Luna holding a torch. 1779 (engraving)
7237400 Statue of Roman moon goddess Luna holding a torch. 1779 (engraving) by Cannetti, Giovanni Battista (1750-1810); Private Collection; (add.info)

Camera del Sole e della Luna (Chamber of the Sun and the Moon) (fresco)
7240554 Camera del Sole e della Luna (Chamber of the Sun and the Moon) (fresco) by Primaticcio, Francesco (1504-70); (add.info.: Palazzo Te (Gonzagas summer residence)

Camera del Sole e della Luna (Chamber of the Sun and the Moon) (fresco)
7240550 Camera del Sole e della Luna (Chamber of the Sun and the Moon) (fresco) by Primaticcio, Francesco (1504-70); Palazzo del Te, Mantua, Italy; (add.info.: Palazzo Te (Gonzagas summer residence)

John Keats: Meg Merrilies (colour litho)
5993563 John Keats: Meg Merrilies (colour litho) by Burleigh, Averil Mary (1883-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: And stead of supper she would stare full hard against the moon. Meg Merrilies)

The Battle Of Otterbourne (engraving)
3655183 The Battle Of Otterbourne (engraving) by Barraud (19th-20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Battle Of Otterbourne)

Camera del Sole e della Luna (Chamber of the Sun and the Moon) (fresco)
7240552 Camera del Sole e della Luna (Chamber of the Sun and the Moon) (fresco) by Primaticcio, Francesco (1504-70); (add.info.: Palazzo Te (Gonzagas summer residence)

Bed time (colour litho)
6011030 Bed time (colour litho) by Billinghurst, Percy James (1871-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bed time. Illustration for A Nursery Book of Science by " The Cockiolly Bird")

English gentleman driving a tandem across country by moonlight a, 1900 (chromolithograph)
7233598 English gentleman driving a tandem across country by moonlight a, 1900 (chromolithograph) by Alken, Henry Thomas (1785-1851); (add.info)

Sunrise in the East c1895 (gouache on paper)
7243595 Sunrise in the East c1895 (gouache on paper) by Hunter, Edmund (1866-1937); Private Collection; Edmund & Alec Hunter Collection

The Moon Rises (oil on board)
7227547 The Moon Rises (oil on board) by Minozzi, Professor Filiberto (1877-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Milan, Private Collection, Filiberto Minozzi)

The Two Goats engraving by Gustave Dore

The Hare and the Frogs engraving by Gustave Dore

The council of rats engraving by Gustave Dore

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"Exploring the Mysteries of Planetary Moons: A Journey through Time and Space" In our quest to understand the vastness of the universe, we have looked to the heavens for answers. From ancient civilizations to modern scientific breakthroughs, the concept of planetary moons has captivated our imaginations. Dating back to antiquity, scholars like Ptolemy envisioned a Solar System where Earth was at its center - a geocentric model that placed great significance on celestial bodies such as moons. Copernicus later challenged this belief with his heliocentric model, which suggested that planets revolved around the Sun instead. Amidst historical events like World War II, a child evacuee gazed up at the night sky in awe and wonder. Little did they know that countless moons were silently orbiting their respective planets, offering solace amidst chaos. Moonrise Over Garrafad - Staffin Island Slipway UK paints a breathtaking picture of nature's beauty intertwined with lunar presence. The smiling moon surrounded by stars reminds us of its symbolic representation throughout history – from sculptures adorning Venice's Ducal Palace in the 14th century to Pierre Louys' poetic illustrations in Les Chansons de Bilitis. Artistic expressions continue to capture our fascination with moons; Autumn Moon at Ishiyama showcases delicate woodblock prints from centuries past while Oh I say and Naughty boy bring color litho prints into playfulness. Yet beyond art lies knowledge rooted in ancient texts like Gustave Dore's engravings depicting biblical stories or Hutchinson's History of Nations revealing Spartan cruelty towards Helots. These accounts remind us that even within human narratives, planetary moons hold significant roles as witnesses and silent companions throughout time. As we gaze upon these captivating images and delve into historical records, let us remember that each planetary moon holds secrets waiting to be unraveled – mysteries awaiting exploration by future generations who will continue expanding our understanding of the universe.