Aquarius, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis mb-height 3006 sitting for the Lord Mayor's

sitting for the Lord Mayor's Banquet at Guildhall

portraying its restoration by George Gwilt during 1818-1820

which was continued until 1818

Plate XIII

The skirts are beginning to be fuller at the back and flatter at the front

Aquarius, from John Flamsteed's 'Atlas Coelestis mb-height 3006 sitting for the Lord Mayor'sThe constellation Aquarius (the water carrier). Map 9 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