Labels:bulletin board | earth | hakham | monitor | person | poster | reckoner | sky OCR: illuminated the reflected light f the earth The planet Venus alsa appears in this picture Night skies painted by the Pre Raphaelites of the British Empire were haracterized by great astronomical precision. Such was the case with William Morse Hunt's Saiing painted in 1875. The setting is pers spective view taken from the vantage fa ship' bridge f a steamship makingits way to the Holy Land The eye is led along diagonal from the ship's helm ta the starry sky thereby establishing the traditional connection betweer navigation and astranamy Although Hunt insisted he was inspired the poetry fa "vessel set adrift on the surface of the globe under the immensity af the stars he never allowed his poetic imagination ta compromise his minute observations af the PLOM He labored day and night on the can ...
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