Dr. John Herschel's Newest Discoveries on the Moon

A hand-colored etching shows a giant telescope tube across the upper background. In the foreground a man in a blue coat peers into a microscope as a man in a tan coat looks toward the right, and small winged figures sit on a pale oval below.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1835

Medium

Hand-colored etching on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2663 × 3200 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum