Sujet

The Meteor, as seen from the Fulham-Road, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Meteor, as seen from the Fulham-Road, [near London], 1850. 'It first appeared like a star, about four times as large as Venus, with a dull golden lustre, and rapidly increased in brightness till it became a white light, resembling an immense diamond, and put forth a tail like a waving blade of red flame; as it proceeded, the tail either disappeared or was lost in the increased brightness of the head, which at last shone so brilliantly as to light up the whole atmosphere - the light certainly near exceeded that of the full moon; it then became suddenly extinguished...I thought the last I saw of the meteor as the light vanished was a red spot, but it disappeared instantaneously. I looked round at the clock directly it had disappeared, and it was exactly twenty minutes to eleven'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM22A34_054

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Droits gérés

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39,7Mo (3,3Mo) / 42,0cm x 23,7cm / 4960 x 2797 (300dpi)

Mots clés

unusual countryside London England light night science astronomy British rustic location Victorian century Britain newspapers press meteor concept time of day B&W engraved engraving 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century rural The Print Collector Fulham Hammersmith and Fulham Illustrated London News rural life TGN ILN newspaper landscape sky Unknown Regionalism 19th-century