Hydra, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' Size:S: 60 x 45cm Punch looks to the future

Punch looks to the future

View of the 'new' theatre

A British Farmer looks down upon the resting Liberal Prime Minister

'A Morning Concert'

Hydra, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' Size:S: 60 x 45cm Punch looks to the futureThe constellation Hydra (the sea serpent), with Crater (the cup), Corvus (the crow or raven), Sextans (the sextant) and Virgo (the virgin). Map 14 from John Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis, or star atlas (London, 1729). This was the first celestial atlas based on telescopic observations. Published posthumously, it was the work of the Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed FRS (1646 1719), and used the catalogue of 2935 stars in his 1725 Historia Coelestis