Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle 1872–1873

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)

Oil on canvas

H 171.1 x W 143.5 cm

Glasgow Life Museums

Cow Considering the Stars and Moon 1985

Peter L. Folkes (1923–2019)

Acrylic on canvas

H 33.7 x W 51.4 cm

RWA (Royal West of England Academy)

On the Edge of Night 1991

David Austen (b.1960)

Oil on linen

H 35.5 x W 30.5 cm

Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

Without 2002

Elizabeth Magill (b.1959)

Oil on canvas

H 91 x W 122 cm

Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Chelsea 1871

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)

Oil on wood

H 50.2 x W 60.8 cm

Tate

Red Deer 1990

Peter Doig (b.1959)

Oil on canvas

H 237.5 x W 182.6 cm

Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

Walpurgis Night (Walpurgisnacht) 1935

Paul Klee (1879–1940)

Gouache on cloth laid on wood

H 50.8 x W 47 cm

Tate

The Great Comet of 1843 1843

Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819–1900)

Oil on canvas

H 90.7 x W 61 cm

National Maritime Museum

Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge c.1872–5

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)

Oil on canvas

H 68.3 x W 51.2 cm

Tate

The Milky Way c.1992

Hock-Aun Teh (b.1950)

Acrylic on paper

H 154.9 x W 149.9 cm

Glasgow Life Museums

Lambeth Palace 1858

Henry Pether (1800–1880)

Oil on canvas

H 46.4 x W 61.6 cm

Yale Center for British Art

Landscape by Moonlight 1635–1640

Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)

Oil on panel

H 64 x W 90 cm

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

The Origin of the Milky Way about 1575

Jacopo Tintoretto (c.1518–1594)

Oil on canvas

H 149.4 x W 168 cm

The National Gallery, London

Deer Shelter Skyspace 2006

James Turrell (b.1943)

Stone

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Untitled 1989

Gavin Jantjes (b.1948)

Sand, tissue paper & acrylic on canvas

H 200 x W 300 cm

Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

Calm Water (at Mill Bay, Hoy) 1972

Bet Low (1924–2007)

Oil & gold leaf on board

H 56.2 x W 45 cm

The Pier Arts Centre

Calm Water (at Mill Bay, Hoy) 1972

Bet Low (1924–2007)

Oil & gold leaf on board

H 56.2 x W 45 cm

The Pier Arts Centre

Anthony Payne (c.1612–1691), the Cornish Giant 1680

Godfrey Kneller (1646–1723)

Oil on canvas

H 240.4 x W 150.2 cm

Royal Institution of Cornwall

The Harvest Moon c.1833

Samuel Palmer (1805–1881)

Oil on paper laid on panel

H 22.2 x W 27.6 cm

Yale Center for British Art

The Great Comet of 1843 1843

Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819–1900)

Oil on canvas

H 90.7 x W 61 cm

National Maritime Museum

Stars over the Pyramids 1998

James King

Oil on canvas

H 49 x W 39 cm

Victoria Hospital

Signs of the Zodiac: Aquarius, the Water Carrier 19th C (?)

unknown artist

Gouache on paper (?)

H 25.3 x W 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection

The Rising of the Sun 1753

François Boucher (1703–1770)

Oil on canvas

H 318 x W 261 cm

The Wallace Collection

Ariadne c.1803–1804

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805)

Oil on mahogany panel

H 49 x W 42.8 cm

The Wallace Collection