Suns Collection

Diamond ring effect seen during the total solar eclipse of 11th August 1999. This effect may be seen just before or after totality

Ezekiels vision of chariot in sky and a hand in the clouds holding out a book to him, c.614 BC. Bible: Ezekiel II:9. One modern explanation is that Ezekiel, on of the four great Hebrew prophets

Sun disk symbol with animals, Hallristningar rock carvings dating from between 1500 and 1000 BC, Tanum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

SOLAR PANELS 1929
Solar panels on the roof of a house will capture the suns heat during the summer and store it to heat the house in the bleak mid-winter. Date: 1929

Astronomical Diagrams (colour litho)
8658793 Astronomical Diagrams (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Astronomical Diagrams)

"A Dial is the Anatomie of the Day and a Scale of Miles for the Journie of the Sun" (colour litho)
8627499 "A Dial is the Anatomie of the Day and a Scale of Miles for the Journie of the Sun" (colour litho) by Rawlings

Aphrodite and Eros (colour litho)
8626206 Aphrodite and Eros (colour litho) by Kuhn-Regnier, Joseph (1873-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aphrodite and Eros)

Volvelle to show how to find the time, in hours and minutes, in which the Moon reaches one of its aspects
7340909 Volvelle to show how to find the time, in hours and minutes, in which the Moon reaches one of its aspects. The disc is fixed and is read by a wire in the centre

Solar system, 1846-60 (engraving)
7340561 Solar system, 1846-60 (engraving) by Reynolds, James (fl.c.1846-60); 29.2x23.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Ceiling with allegorical subject, Hall of the Firmament, 1557-58 (fresco)
7292622 Ceiling with allegorical subject, Hall of the Firmament, 1557-58 (fresco); Museo Civico Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza, Italy; (add.info.: Civic Museum of Chiericati Palace)

Ceiling with allegorical subject, Hall of the Firmament, 1557-58 (fresco)
7292512 Ceiling with allegorical subject, Hall of the Firmament, 1557-58 (fresco); Museo Civico Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza, Italy; (add.info.: Civic Museum of Chiericati Palace)

ASTRONOMY Geocentric system, 13th century (engraving)
7272463 ASTRONOMY Geocentric system, 13th century (engraving); (add.info.: ASTRONOMY Geocentric system 'The Earth is immovable at the center of the Universe between the Sun)

The Sun in the church of St. Francis museum centre, Evora
7264952 The Sun in the church of St. Francis museum centre, Evora; Igreja Real de Sao Francisco, Evora, Portugal; (add.info.: Stylized image of the sun in the church of St)

Volvelle illustrating the magnitude, start time and duration of eclipses, 1540 (hand-coloured engraving)
7340904 Volvelle illustrating the magnitude, start time and duration of eclipses, 1540 (hand-coloured engraving) by Apianus, Petrus (1495-1552); National Maritime Museum, London

Volvelle giving the rules for predicting solar and lunar eclipses. One of the volvelles features a dragon with multiple
7340903 Volvelle giving the rules for predicting solar and lunar eclipses. One of the volvelles features a dragon with multiple heads and a partial solar eclipse

The sun and solar phenomena, 1846-60 (engraving)
7340557 The sun and solar phenomena, 1846-60 (engraving) by Reynolds, James (fl.c.1846-60) & Emslie, John (1813-75); 29.2x23.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

The central sun and the theory of the stellar universe (backlit), 1846-60 (engraving)
7340575 The central sun and the theory of the stellar universe (backlit), 1846-60 (engraving) by Reynolds, James (fl.c.1846-60); 29.2x23.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Eclipses, 1846-60 (engraving)
7340565 Eclipses, 1846-60 (engraving) by Reynolds, James (fl.c.1846-60); 29.2x23.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator)

Seascape, late 19th century - mid 20th century (oil on paper)
7342485 Seascape, late 19th century - mid 20th century (oil on paper) by Everett, John (1876-1949); 25.2x35.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Seascape (painting)
7342474 Seascape (painting) by Everett, John (1876-1949); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: BHC1395; Seascape); © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.

Seascape, late 19th century - mid 20th century (watercolour, graphite, paper)
7342435 Seascape, late 19th century - mid 20th century (watercolour, graphite, paper) by Everett, John (1876-1949); 13.8x19 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Seascape, early to mid 20th century (oil on paper)
7337800 Seascape, early to mid 20th century (oil on paper) by Everett, John (1876-1949); 12.2x17.8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Diptych sundial for 49° latitude, seen from the closed lid, in ivory, dated, c.1640-60 (ivory)
MMM5475369 Diptych sundial for 49° latitude, seen from the closed lid, in ivory, dated, c.1640-60 (ivory); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Diptych sundial for 49° latitude)

Volvelle giving the rules for predicting solar and lunar eclipses, 1540 (hand-coloured engraving)
7340906 Volvelle giving the rules for predicting solar and lunar eclipses, 1540 (hand-coloured engraving) by Apianus, Petrus (1495-1552); National Maritime Museum, London

Beaune Hotel-Dieu (Hospices de Beaune). Tapestry. Mystic Lamb. 14th century (?). Detail
7209649 Beaune Hotel-Dieu (Hospices de Beaune). Tapestry. Mystic Lamb. 14th century (?). Detail.; Hotel Dieu, Beaune, France; (add.info.: Hospices de Beaune, Beaune, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, Cote)

Beaune Hotel-Dieu (Hospices de Beaune). Tapestry. Mystic Lamb. 14th century (?). Detail
7209647 Beaune Hotel-Dieu (Hospices de Beaune). Tapestry. Mystic Lamb. 14th century (?). Detail.; Hotel Dieu, Beaune, France; (add.info.: Hospices de Beaune, Beaune, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, Cote)

Egyptian Art (engraving)
8644761 Egyptian Art (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Egyptian Art. Illustration for Architecture, Sculpture)

King Olav the Saint breaking the Image of the God Mor, 1020 (litho)
8661105 King Olav the Saint breaking the Image of the God Mor, 1020 (litho) by Valda, John Harris (1874-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Olav the Saint breaking the Image of the God Mor)

Twilight phenomena in Upper Egypt (colour litho)
8663612 Twilight phenomena in Upper Egypt (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Twilight phenomena in Upper Egypt)

King Olav the Saint breaking the Image of the God Mor, 1020 (litho)
8661332 King Olav the Saint breaking the Image of the God Mor, 1020 (litho) by Valda, John Harris (1874-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Olav the Saint breaking the Image of the God Mor)

Our Countryside, 1938: Haymaking (b/w photo)
8671506 Our Countryside, 1938: Haymaking (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Haymaking)

The Dying Year (colour litho)
8674438 The Dying Year (colour litho) by Miles, Helen J.A. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dying Year)

The Longest Day (colour litho)
8674332 The Longest Day (colour litho) by Miles, Helen J.A. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Longest Day)

The Daisy (chromolitho)
8675753 The Daisy (chromolitho) by Havers, Alice (1850-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Daisy. Illustration from The White Swans and Other Tales by Hans Andersen)

Sherry grapes, brought in from the vineyard on donkey, mule or horseback, are laid out in the sun on mats to dry
8675653 Sherry grapes, brought in from the vineyard on donkey, mule or horseback, are laid out in the sun on mats to dry thoroughly before pressing (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Letter of the french poet Germain Nouveau to Paul Verlaine, France, Aug., 17, 1875 (engraving)
3434414 Letter of the french poet Germain Nouveau to Paul Verlaine, France, Aug., 17, 1875 (engraving); (add.info.: Literature. "Going in Marseille. Bibl)

Peru. Inca sun priest. Engraving by Labrousse in: Encyclopedie des voyages, by Jacques Grasset de Saint Sauveur, Paris
3434346 Peru. Inca sun priest. Engraving by Labrousse in: Encyclopedie des voyages, by Jacques Grasset de Saint Sauveur, Paris, 1810 (colour engraving); (add.info.: Perou. Coll. Part. Geography)

The French military using Heliostat signals, 1850
3480164 The French military using Heliostat signals, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the French military using Heliostat signals. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Diptych sundial (open), with magnetic compass. Ivory instrument around 1640, by Jacob Karner (?), c.1640 (ivory)
MMM5473360 Diptych sundial (open), with magnetic compass. Ivory instrument around 1640, by Jacob Karner (?), c.1640 (ivory); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Diptych sundial (open)

Diptych sundial, for latitude 49 degrees, seen from the dial with open cover, in ivory, c.1640-60 (ivory)
MMM5475377 Diptych sundial, for latitude 49 degrees, seen from the dial with open cover, in ivory, c.1640-60 (ivory); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Diptych sundial)

Allegory of astronomy representing an astrologer and Ptolemy studying the celestial sphere, 1515 (engraving)
FGL5461979 Allegory of astronomy representing an astrologer and Ptolemy studying the celestial sphere, 1515 (engraving); (add.info.: engraving by E. Schon 1515.).

Seascape, early to mid 20th century (oil on paper)
7337799 Seascape, early to mid 20th century (oil on paper) by Everett, John (1876-1949); 14.2x18.7 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Gemma Frisius
3480187 Gemma Frisius; (add.info.: Engraved portrait of Gemma Frisius (1508-1555) a Dutch physician; mathematician; cartographer; philosopher; and instrument maker

Seascape from the 'Castilian', 1937-38 (painting)
7342415 Seascape from the 'Castilian', 1937-38 (painting) by Everett, John (1876-1949); 17.6x25.4 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: Everett)

Seascape, Late 19th century to mid 20th century (painting)
7342488 Seascape, Late 19th century to mid 20th century (painting) by Everett, John (1876-1949); 13x18.9 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: Everett)

Seascape. Dark, calm sea with gentle rollers (painting)
7342477 Seascape. Dark, calm sea with gentle rollers (painting) by Everett, John (1876-1949); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: PAH1146; Seascape)

Seascape, late 19th century - mid 20th century (oil on paper)
7342469 Seascape, late 19th century - mid 20th century (oil on paper) by Everett, John (1876-1949); 25.2x35.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Seascape, Late 19th century - mid 20th century (oil on canvas)
7340828 Seascape, Late 19th century - mid 20th century (oil on canvas) by Everett, John (1876-1949); 32.5x45.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

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"Suns: A Kaleidoscope of Celestial Wonders and Artistic Inspirations" From the mesmerizing Diamond Ring Effect during a solar eclipse to Ezekiel's awe-inspiring vision of a chariot in the sky with a hand extending from the clouds holding out a book, they have captivated human imagination for centuries. Dating back to ancient times, the Sun Disk symbol adorned with animals has been found on artifacts, showcasing our ancestors' reverence for this celestial body. Hallristningar rock carvings from 1500 depict sun-related motifs that continue to intrigue archeologists and historians alike. Innovation took flight in 1929 when solar panels were first introduced, harnessing the power of sunlight to generate electricity. This breakthrough technology marked a significant milestone in our quest for sustainable energy sources. The Arctic's ethereal landscape occasionally gifts us with mock suns - breathtaking optical phenomena that create illusions of multiple suns adorning the icy horizon. These surreal occurrences remind us of nature's ability to astonish and mystify. Throughout history, artists have sought inspiration from the majestic sunsets and dawns. From "Total Eclipse" prints capturing rare astronomical events spanning over two centuries to vibrant color woodcuts like "Two Crows on a Branch" or "Fishing Boats at Sunset, " these works evoke emotions tied closely to our relationship with sunlight. Raja Man Singh's intricate gouache painting transports us into an enchanting world where golden rays dance upon his canvas while "Sunset on the Pond in the Countryside" delicately painted using watercolors invites viewers into serene landscapes bathed in warm hues. Artists like Mario de Maria immortalized lunar beauty juxtaposed against tavern tables through their masterful brushstrokes as seen in "Luna sulle tavole di un'osteria. " Meanwhile, Renaissance painters such as Madonna of Magnificat captured divine radiance emanating from religious depictions, highlighting the sun's symbolic significance in religious art.