Plate 7 from 'The collection of the most notable things seen by John Wilkins, erudite English bishop, on his famous trip from the Earth to the Moon... (Raccolta delle cose più notabili Vedute da Giovanni Wilkins erudito Vescove Inglese nel suo famoso viaggio dalla Terra alla Luna...): 'Pumpkins used as dwellings to secure against wild beasts' (Zucche che servono d'abitazioni per garantirsi dalle fiere)

Q: When was "Plate 7 from 'The collection of the most notable things seen by John Wilkins, erudite English bishop, on his famous trip from the Earth to the Moon... (Raccolta delle cose più notabili Vedute da Giovanni Wilkins erudito Vescove Inglese nel suo famoso viaggio dalla Terra alla Luna...): 'Pumpkins used as dwellings to secure against wild beasts' (Zucche che servono d'abitazioni per garantirsi dalle fiere)" created?

This artwork was created after 1783.

Q: Is "Plate 7 from 'The collection of the most notable things seen by John Wilkins, erudite English bishop, on his famous trip from the Earth to the Moon... (Raccolta delle cose più notabili Vedute da Giovanni Wilkins erudito Vescove Inglese nel suo famoso viaggio dalla Terra alla Luna...): 'Pumpkins used as dwellings to secure against wild beasts' (Zucche che servono d'abitazioni per garantirsi dalle fiere)" in the public domain?

Yes, Plate 7 from 'The collection of the most notable things seen by John Wilkins, erudite English bishop, on his famous trip from the Earth to the Moon... (Raccolta delle cose più notabili Vedute da Giovanni Wilkins erudito Vescove Inglese nel suo famoso viaggio dalla Terra alla Luna...): 'Pumpkins used as dwellings to secure against wild beasts' (Zucche che servono d'abitazioni per garantirsi dalle fiere) is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Filippo Morghen

after 1783

Plate 7 from 'The collection of the most notable things seen by John Wilkins, erudite English bishop, on his famous trip from the Earth to the Moon... (Raccolta delle cose più notabili Vedute da Giovanni Wilkins erudito Vescove Inglese nel suo famoso viaggio dalla Terra alla Luna...): 'Pumpkins used as dwellings to secure against wild beasts' (Zucche che servono d'abitazioni per garantirsi dalle fiere) by Filippo Morghen

Medium

Etching and aquatint

Dimensions

Plate: 10 13/16 × 15 3/16 in. (27.4 × 38.6 cm) Sheet: 12 11/16 × 18 13/16 in. (32.2 × 47.8 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932

Accession Number

32.74.8

Art Historical Context

This enchanting etching, *Plate 7* from Filippo Morghen's *Raccolta delle cose notabili Vedute da Wilkins* (after 1783), whisks visitors to an imagined lunar landscape where oversized pumpkins serve cozy dwellings, shielding inhabitants from wild beasts. Italian engraver Morghen, renowned for his precise reproductive prints, captures this whimsical scene with intricate detail,oking a sense of wonder at extraterrestrial life. The work draws from 17th-century English bishop John Wilkins' speculative treatise *The Discovery of World in the Moone (1638), an early work of proto-science fiction tha...

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