Chart of the Zodiac, including the stars of the 4th magnitude, between the Parallels of 24°½ declination North & South.
Primary Artist
John Carmichael (1811–1857)
Title
Chart of the Zodiac, including the stars of the 4th magnitude, between the Parallels of 24°½ declination North & South.
Date made
1829 – c.1831Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
aquatint, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Text printed from matrix
Printed lower left below image (a), 'T. L. MITCHELL. Delineavit.'. Printed lower right below image (b), 'J. CARMICHAEL.Sculp sit.'. Printed upper centre above image (a), 'Chart of the Zodiac / Including' and centre above image (b) 'The Stars of the 4th Magnitude, Between the Parallels of 24°½ Declination North & South'. Printed lower right below image (a), 'The places of the Stars are Calculated for the Year 1830'. Printed lower left under image (b), 'Names and letters read according to the apparant Position of Stars in the Southern Hemisphere'.
Matrix size
16.1 x 59.8 cm (printed image (a))
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject category
Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales
Legacy id
128369
Creators
Carmichael, John. | (1811–1857) Australian | Scottish | Male | engraver
MITCHELL, Thomas | (1792–1855) Scottish | Male | print after
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013
Impressions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia | 2004.457
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
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