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English: Illustration by William Strang from the 1894 edition of Lucian's True History; colossal lunar spiders spin a web in the air between the Moon and the Morning Star.
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Source https://archive.org/details/lucianstruehisto00luciiala
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William Strang  (1859–1921)  wikidata:Q2547129 s:en:Author:William Strang
 
William Strang
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Strang
Description British painter, etcher, illustrator and writer
Date of birth/death 13 February 1859 Edit this at Wikidata 12 April 1921 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Dumbarton Bournemouth
Work period 1864 Edit this at Wikidata–1921 Edit this at Wikidata
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London, Constantinople (today Istanbul)
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creator QS:P170,Q2547129

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Illustration by William Strang from the 1894 edition of Lucian's True History, depicting a battle scene: colossal lunar spiders spin a web in the air between the Moon and the Morning Star

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current18:22, 31 December 2022Thumbnail for version as of 18:22, 31 December 20221,710 × 2,394 (1.06 MB)User-duckCropped white border using CropTool with lossless mode.
03:21, 15 March 2021Thumbnail for version as of 03:21, 15 March 20211,944 × 2,592 (909 KB)HohumGreyscale
19:16, 15 June 2019Thumbnail for version as of 19:16, 15 June 20191,944 × 2,592 (819 KB)User-duckCropped excess border using CropTool with lossless mode.
13:44, 7 October 2018Thumbnail for version as of 13:44, 7 October 20182,152 × 2,998 (847 KB)DrdrphdHigher resolution version of the same image from the same source.
12:11, 16 May 2013Thumbnail for version as of 12:11, 16 May 2013538 × 750 (102 KB)Behemothing((subst:Upload marker added by en.wp UW)) ((Information |Description = ((en|Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley from 1894 edition of Lucian's True History of a battle between the People of the Moon and the People of the Earth using giant spiders. )) |Sour...

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