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.1831

Category

Print

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