A Pumpkin Used as a Fishing Boat
Medium
etching
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchased with funds from the Estate of Muriel Butkin
Accession Number
2023.19.7
Tags
male
About this artwork
Filippo Morghen’s set of 10 etchings is outstanding among visual narratives of imaginary voyages to the moon, both visual and literary, that intrigued 18th-century European audiences. A title page and nine plates depict the imagined lives and economy of moon dwellers. These include modes of transport such as large birds and sailboats propelled by giant bellows, enormous scissors for capturing wild beasts (including an oversized rat), and the use of giant pumpkins as fishing boats and as dwelling...