Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Callisto and the Comet
A small barred capsule moves beside a great pale fan of cometary light. Stars and cloudy bands fill the dark background around the vessel. The caption names the Callisto and the comet, placing the scene in Astor’s interplanetary romance of the year 2000.
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Dan Beard. "The Callisto and the Comet" [editorial title]. In A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future, John Jacob Astor; illustrations by Dan Beard. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1894; illustrated edition., 1894, D. Appleton and Company. Source scan leaf 6. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0391-0001
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Dan Beard. The Callisto and the Comet. A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future. Scan leaf 6. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0391-0001