Samuel Leigh
Cassiopeia, 1824 c.
8 x 5 1/2 in
20 x 13.5 cm
20 x 13.5 cm
CELEST1303
Georgian educational star chart showing the constellation Cassiopeia. The stars are punched through and backed with transparent tissue so that the card could be backlit by a candle. In Greek...
Georgian educational star chart showing the constellation Cassiopeia. The stars are punched through and backed with transparent tissue so that the card could be backlit by a candle. In Greek mythology, Cassiopeia was a queen of Ethiopia who was punished by Poseidon for boasting that she and her daughter, Andromeda, were more beautiful than the Nereids, the sea-nymphs. As punishment, Cassiopeia and her daughter was trapped in the sky as constellations.
Original hand colour. [CELEST1303]
Original hand colour. [CELEST1303]
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