From the description at the New York Public Library Digital Gallery page:
Total eclipse of the sun. Observed July 29, 1878, at Creston, Wyoming Territory. (1881-1882)
The man who drew this astronomical illustration, Etienne Leopold Trouvelot, is mainly remembered by science today for something unfortunately less aesthetically appealing: He’s the man who introduced the gypsy moth to America. A keen observer of the sky, but not so good with anticipating outcomes. All he wanted was more silk… possibly just to keep his lenses clean.