The Moon (Working Men's Educational Union) Frame:No frame snow-covered pine tree

snow-covered pine tree

and uncharted waters

Instructions as to the use of the planisphere are printed on the side

This image shows the fantastic red colour created by light passing through all the Earth’s sunrises and sunsets casting light on the Moon: a blood red

The Moon (Working Men's Educational Union) Frame:No frame snow-covered pine treeA print of one of nine wall hangings, all on astronomical themes, that were among many produced by the Working Men's Educational Union in the 1850s. They were printed lithographically on cotton, probably to avoid paper duty. The hangings would have been used in lectures, held at various locations, to illustrate the latest advances in knowledge. The Working Men's Educational Union (founded 1853) was a philanthropic society with the object of the