Art, Symbol & Imagination
Urania beside the Celestial Clock
A robed female figure stands beside a clock supporting a globe marked with stars. One arm rises towards the celestial sphere. The image opens A Dream of Youth, where Flammarion introduces Urania as the muse presiding over astronomy.
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Illustrator not identified. "Urania beside the Celestial Clock" [editorial title]. In Urania, Camille Flammarion; translated by Augusta Rice Stetson; illustrated by de Bieler, Myrbach and Gambard. Undated Boston illustrated edition with an 1890 copyright statement, undated edition, Estes and Lauriat. Source scan leaf 13. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0251-0008
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Illustrator not identified. Urania beside the Celestial Clock. Urania. Scan leaf 13. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0251-0008