About this artwork
By publishing this picture in a book called 'The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite', Nasmyth was hoping to make a point about the uneven appearance of the moon's surface. He claimed that its hot liquid body shrank and gradually cooled and dried, wrinkling in the process like an old apple.
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artist:James Nasmyth (1808 - 1890) Scottish
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title:Wrinkled Apple
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date created:1874
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materials:Woodburytype
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measurements:11.50 x 8.00 cm
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credit line:Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell 1985
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accession number:PGP R 830.2
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James Nasmyth
James Nasmyth
James Nasmyth was one of the leading engineers of the nineteenth century, and his principal inventions were the steam hammer and the pile driver which changed the landscape of the industrial world. He was the son of the landscape painter, Alexander Nasmyth, who taught him drawing. He was an...
