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Imagining Mars: Hélène Smith and Early Visionary Illustrations
Compare 14 imagined Martian landscapes, buildings, flying devices and plants from two historical books, including the visions attributed to Hélène Smith.
Hélène Smith’s Martian Lake and Palace
Hélène Smith (as attributed in the source) A small boat crosses the foreground below a hill crowned by an elaborate palace.
From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with Glossolalia
Hélène Smith’s Martian Landscape and Three Plants
Hélène Smith (as attributed in the source) A bridge cuts across a stylised landscape above three separate botanical-looking designs.
From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with Glossolalia
Astané’s House and the Martian Shore
Hélène Smith (as attributed in the source) A rectangular house stands above a second view of a waterside settlement crowded with turrets and ornamental pinnacles.
From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with Glossolalia
Astané, His Fantastic Beast and the Lamp
Hélène Smith (as attributed in the source) A long-tailed creature fills the upper drawing while a robed man and a hanging lamp occupy the lower panel.
From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with Glossolalia
Astané’s Flying Machine and a Martian Plant
Hélène Smith (as attributed in the source) A narrow mechanical device projects a wide fan of fine marks in the upper drawing.
From India to the Planet Mars: A Study of a Case of Somnambulism with Glossolalia
Isoina: An Imagined Martian Plant
Illustrator not identified Thin stems branch above a broad fan of long pointed leaves.
Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento
Valseta: An Imagined Martian Flowering Plant
Illustrator not identified A low fan of long leaves supports many branching stems of buds and small flowers.
Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento
Loisa Infuen: The Radial Martian Plant
Illustrator not identified Long stems radiate from a single centre towards pointed leaves and small clustered flowers.
Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento
Hinifro Enora: The Yellow Wonder
Illustrator not identified A tall central flower rises above a radial cluster of spear-shaped leaves.
Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento
Oina Mista: Stars of Flower and Rounded Leaves
Illustrator not identified Thin stems carry open star-shaped blooms above a dense cluster of round leaves.
Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento
Loisa Gentolissima: The Layered Martian Bloom
Illustrator not identified A heavy rounded flowerhead bends above serrated leaves and several smaller buds.
Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento
Roina: An Imagined Martian Flowering Stem
Illustrator not identified Small open flowers spread along a tall branching stem above a radial base of leaves.
Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento
Erinca Micana: The Clustered Martian Flowers
Illustrator not identified A compact clump of stems carries round open flowers beside closed buds.
Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento
Rodel: Ento’s Imagined National Flower
Illustrator not identified A broad flower of overlapping pointed petals fills the centre of a low spreading plant.
Journeys to the Planet Mars; or, Our Mission to Ento