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Astronomy. Northern Hemisphere. Plate 22.
Major collection: Hart Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: engraving
Maker: Archer, J.; Bartlett, Newman & Bartlett
Place made: United Kingdom, England, Oxfordshire, Oxford
Date made: 1816
Materials: ink; paper
Measurements: 10 1/4 in x 8 in
Nomenclature: astronomical
Classification: whales
AF-AB-3025
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
Object type: engraving
Maker: Archer, J.; Bartlett, Newman & Bartlett
Place made: United Kingdom, England, Oxfordshire, Oxford
Date made: 1816
Materials: ink; paper
Measurements: 10 1/4 in x 8 in
Nomenclature: astronomical
Classification: whales
Monochrome star chart, with the figures of the constellations, for the northern hemisphere. Andromeda and "Whale" (Cetus) have been pointed out with pencilled arrows. Title printed above the chart; publisher and engraver information below.
AF-AB-3025