William H. Rau, Full Moon, private collection.
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Albumen silver print of the moon mounted on stereographic card
Free with admission (£11.50) | Friends free | Under 18s free | Students/under 25s £5.75
In the 50th anniversary year of the first moon landing, this exhibition will explore the fascination that artists and scientists have long had with the earth's closest cosmic neighbour.
Bringing together dramatic moonlit landscapes by William Holman Hunt and symbolist paintings of moon goddesses by Evelyn De Morgan with early lunar photography, this exhibition explores the full artistic inspiration that 19th-century artists found in the moon.