“Flowers of the Sky” is a post on the Public Domain Review in which they have collected some historic depictions of comets and meteors, and arranged them in chronological order — including a section of the Bayeux Tapestry (above, top).
The images have links to larger versions. While you’re on the Public Domain Review (my post here), check out their growing collections of images (Timesink Warning).
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There’ a Frederic Church painting of a meteor string from 1860: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100722.html
Nice. Thanks, Jeff.