Northern planisphere, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' mb-code Job_0439 'The Lottery Contrast'

'The Lottery Contrast'

Exterior view with a funeral procession on the left

The interior of Billingsgate Market showing fishmongers and their stalls

'The Guard of 1852' and 'The Guard of 1832

Northern planisphere, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis' mb-code Job_0439 'The Lottery Contrast'The stars of the northern hemisphere. Map 27 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