Aquarius, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis mb-height 3006 September 1956

September 1956

sitting for the Lord Mayor's Banquet at Guildhall

Mulhammed Ali in disguise as an old man

The skirts are beginning to be fuller at the back and flatter at the front

Aquarius, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis mb-height 3006 September 1956The constellation Aquarius (the water carrier). Map 9 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 Britannica. Original: engraving. 1729