Bootes Canes Venatici, Coma Berenices, and Quadrans Muralis / Sidy. Hall, sculpt. – Vintage Print
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A window into the past: Bootes Canes Venatici, Coma Berenices, and Quadrans Muralis / Sidy. Hall, sculpt., preserved in this historic print. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Bootes Canes Venatici, Coma Berenices, and Quadrans Muralis / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.
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This plate, the tenth illustration in Jehoshaphat Aspin's *A Familiar Treatise on Astronomy* (London, 1825), gathers three constellations on one sheet: Boötes, Canes Venatici, and Coma Berenices, along with the older Quadrans Muralis. Coma Berenices, "Berenice's Hair," honors Berenice, queen of Ptolemy III of Egypt, who according to the legend offered her hair to the gods for her husband's safe return from war. The etching was engraved by Hall and hand-colored, a common practice in early nineteenth-century British astronomy books that helped students tell the figures apart. The Quadrans Muralis, a constellation named for a mural quadrant instrument, was later dropped from star charts.
| Created / published | [1825] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on layered paper board : etching, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1820-1830.Etchings Hand-colored 1820-1830. |
| Notes | Illus. in: A familiar treatise on astronomy ... / Jehoshaphat Aspin. London : 1825, pl. 10. |
| Subjects | Berenice,--Queen, consort of Ptolemy III, King of Egypt,--ca. 270-221 B.C.--Commemoration. Constellations--1820-1830. Astronomy--1820-1830. Dogs--1820-1830. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,677 × 3,743 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223361 |
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