The Celestial Machinery — Reynolds' Transparent Solar System Size:24x36 where the Labrador and Gulf

where the Labrador and Gulf Stream collide over the bone-yard of the Outer Banks

once the tallest point in Manhattan

its terraced shoulders shouldering past a constellation of lesser rooftops

Mead & White imposed on the bluff

The crowd moves like ink across the plate

The Celestial Machinery — Reynolds' Transparent Solar System Size:24x36 where the Labrador and GulfThe Celestial Machinery Reynolds' Transparent Solar System is exactly what its name promises: Reynolds peeled back the firmament like the lid of a music box, exposing the gilded gearwork of orbits and epicycles beneath. A Victorian orrery rendered as devotional object, where every concentric ring hums with the conviction that God, too, was a clockmaker. About the Source Bella Frye sources celestial prints from 19th century astronomical atlases and