Hydra, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' mb-artistname JC Deeley Attributed Fritz Thaulow

Attributed Fritz Thaulow

View of the south front of York Watergate

or the seven wise men consulting the new Venetian oracle

The rain falls as Mr and Mrs Jessamy shelter under a huge umbrella whilst watering their carefully tended garden

Hydra, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' mb-artistname JC Deeley Attributed Fritz ThaulowThe 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