The Great Comet of 1881
The Great Comet of 1881 — É. L. Trouvelot, Astronomical Drawings (1882).
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Where it works
Trouvelot's Great Comet of 1881, a bright tail streaking down a deep blue night sky above the dark silhouette of an observatory dome, filling the sheet. Made for a dark wall, a navy study or a charcoal bedroom at 24×36 in black with no mat, with his Aurora Borealis.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- navy, charcoal, white, black
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- bedroom, study or library, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, anniversary
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. A slim black or natural wood frame right to the plate edge; the plate's own margin frames the subject. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Hangs alone or as a matched pair; three or more prints are 10% off.
Details & materials
Shipping & returns
About this design
The Madten promise
The cream specimen edition
The same plate set on a soft cream ground with a typeset specimen label — a gallery-ready print.
