Halley's comet at dawn – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Halley's comet at dawn, a historic drawing rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Halley's comet at dawn
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Halley's comet, the most famous of the periodic comets, returned to the inner solar system in 1909 and was visible to observers in the months around its perihelion that spring. This charcoal drawing shows the comet hanging above a pale dawn sky, its long tail fanning out as the sun begins to lighten the horizon. The 1910 return of Halley's comet was widely covered in newspapers and sparked public anxiety, and many people viewed the comet with a mix of wonder and dread. The drawing's focus on the sky's changing light makes it a useful record of how the comet was pictured by artists of its time.
| Medium | 1 drawing : charcoal. |
|---|---|
| Genre | CometsSunrises & sunsets |
| Notes | 1909 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,010 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222744 |
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