The Celestial Globe delineated in its Proper Figures

Object summary

Title: The Celestial Globe delineated in its Proper Figures
Object ID: AF-AB-3056
Date made: 1730
Place made: United Kingdom, Greater London, London
Publisher: Hinton, I.
Object type: Engraving
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
On view: Yes
Exhibition: Liquid Archive

Description

Monochrome image of the two celestial hemispheres, with the figural representations of the constellations, surrounded by astronomical diagrams and an anthropomorphized sun and moon. Title is printed above the border. Publisher information printed below: "Engraved for the Universal Magazine 1730 for I. Hinton at the King's Arms in St. Paul's Church Yard London"

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