Children playing, Marken Island, Netherlands mb-artist Mary_Martha_Pearson 'The Astronomer'

'The Astronomer'

She was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner of her time

Referred to in the text as 'The Large headed-sapajou'

but the exterior and internal decoration has evolved over the succeeding centuries

3rd July 1995

Children playing, Marken Island, Netherlands mb-artist Mary_Martha_Pearson 'The Astronomer'Children playing, Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. The former island of Marken is a peninsula, now connected to the North Holland mainland by a causeway. It is well known for its characteristic wooden houses. Illustration from a book of photographs taken in Holland and Belgium by James Batkin, (1898).