Surreal mezzotints from Thomas Wright's "An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe" (1750)

Wright (1711-86) explained the Milky Way as an optical effect caused by our immersion in a layer of stars

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Go see the amazing of (1893–1965), pioneering printmaker and a noted participant in the New Negro movement of the 1930s and ’40s. of Art on Penn State's University Park campus, Pennsylvania. Until 20 May 2018

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lots of visiting us today, must be these mezzotints that are attracting them :-)

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