The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings
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The French artist, astronomer and amateur entomologist Etienne Léopold
Trouvelot is noted for two major contributions in his lifetime. The
first, and the one we are celebrating in this post, is the 7000 or so
illustrations he created from his astronomical observations, the quality
of which reached their zenith in the 15 exquisite pastel works which
were published as The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings in 1882
(and reproduced in this post). Trouvelot was invited onto the staff of
the Harvard College Observatory when the then director Joseph Winlock
saw the quality of his illustrations, and in 1875 he was invited to use
the U. S. Naval Observatory\u2019s 26-inch refractor for a year. As well as
his illustrations, Trouvelot also published some 50 scientific papers,
and was credited with discovering \u201cveiled spots\u201d on the Sun in 1875.
The second and rather more unfortunate legacy Trouvelot left the
world was the accidental widespread introduction of the highly
destructive European Gyspy moth onto North American soil. With the
intention of interbreeding Gypsy moths with silk worms to develop a
silkworm industry, he\u2019d brought some egg masses over from Europe in the
mid-1860s and began raising gypsy moth larvae in the forest behind his
house. It is unclear what exactly happened, but some of the larvae ended
up escaping into the nearby woods. Although he reportedly notified some
nearby entomologists and relevant officials no action was taken. A few
decades later the species was rife.
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