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Hand-coloured engraved star chart of the constellation Hercules, drawn upside down, with a crown constellation, a serpent and labelled stars on pale blue.

Hercules and Corona Borealis, celestial chart by Sidney Hall, 1825

A hand-coloured engraved star chart shows the figure of Hercules upside down, holding a bow and club, with a crown-shaped constellation at right and a serpent and other star groups around him. Stars are marked with dots and labelled on a pale blue ground with dotted constellation boundaries.

Artist
Sidney Hall
Date
[1825?]
Medium
Transparencies Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2789 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1835.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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