Scorpio
The zodiac scorpion, rendered in cold green-grey and real starlight.
- Work
- Urania's Mirror — Scorpio, Plate 23
- Artist / naturalist
- Sidney Hall
- Origin & date
- London, 1825
- Held by
- Wikimedia Commons
Format
The full-resolution scan, color-managed to the source — yours to print, study, and keep.
Size
$19.00
The story
Scorpio, from Sidney Hall's Urania's Mirror (1825), gives the zodiac constellation a full articulated body — jointed tail curled to strike, claws spread wide across the neighboring boundary with Libra (a sign the ancients once considered Scorpio's own claws before Libra was carved out as separate). Antares, the star marking the scorpion's heart, is labeled by its old alternate name Cor Scorpii and shines as one of the sky's brightest red supergiants — bright enough that ancient astronomers across multiple cultures independently named it 'rival of Mars' for its ruddy color. What to notice: like every Urania's Mirror card, the stars aren't just labeled but pierced through the card itself, so held up to a lamp, Scorpio's whole articulated body would glow with actual starlight in its true positions.
About this reproduction
- Faithful reproduction of a public-domain work, sourced from Wikimedia Commons’s open-access release.
- Printed to order on 200gsm EMA matte art paper: smooth, no glare.
- Color-managed to the source scan.
- Ships in 5–8 business days; satisfaction guarantee.
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