Drawing of Scene 9: Landing Right in the Moon's Eye!!! of the 1902 film A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune)

Georges Méliès · c. 1930–31

This is Drawing of Scene 9: Landing Right in the Moon's Eye!!! of the nineteen oh two film A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune) — a drawing by Méliès, around nineteen thirty to nineteen thirty-one. The piece is ink on paper, about 24 by 34 centimeters. In the picture, look for the moon.

Medium Ink on paper · Dimensions 9 3/8 x 13 3/8" (23.7 x 33.9 cm) · Credit Transferred from the Film Library

Hanging beside it in Gallery 501: The Olive Trees, Boy in a Red Vest

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Guano-Round

More by Georges Méliès here: Drawing of Scene 12: The Dream: The Belies, The Great Bear, Phoebus, The Twin Stars, Saturn of the 1902 film A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune), Drawing of Scene 15: In The Interior of The Moon. The Giant Mushroom Grotto of the 1902 film A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune)