Total Eclipse 1878 — Trouvelot, framed

Étienne Léopold Trouvelot's 1878 astronomical pastel, taken from a public-domain archive, framed and ready to hang.

Drawn from observation during the total solar eclipse of 29 July 1878 at Creston, Wyoming — pastel on black paper, the medium Trouvelot insisted gave him better fidelity than photography of the era could. The corona, the prominences, the faint Baily's beads at the rim: every detail he saw at the eyepiece, transcribed by hand. NASA still uses Trouvelot's plates as a reference.

This is reproduced from a high-resolution public-domain archive scan, edge-trimmed to remove the publisher's title strip, printed on archival fine art paper and framed in solid wood.

THE PRINT

• 28×43 cm / XL 11×17", 30×45 cm / 12×18", 40×60 cm / 16×24", or 60×90 cm / 24×36" in your choice of 4 solid wood frame colours, landscape orientation
• Archival giclée on 200gsm Enhanced Matte fine art paper, mounted under shatterproof acrylic glazing
• Printed and framed to order by our accredited partner

THE WORK

• Artist: Étienne Léopold Trouvelot (1827–1895)
• Year: 1878 (29 July, Creston, Wyoming)
• Collection: Public domain · 19th-century astronomical archive
• Source: high-resolution public-domain scan, edge-trimmed

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