Sidney Hall

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Sidney Hall's punched star chart of the constellation Ursa Major. Hall's usual signature, "Sidy. Hall," is in the lower right corner.] Sidney Hall (1788-1831) was a British engraver and cartographer well known and popular for his early nineteenth century atlases containing maps of the United Kingdom and of the ancient world reproduced from Hall's engravings. Hall made engravings for a number of international atlases at a time when cartography and atlases were very popular. He also engraved a series of cards for locating the various constellations by lining up the stars through the holes punched in the cards. The cards were published c.1825 in a boxed set called "Urania's Mirror". [http://www.ianridpath.com/atlases/urania.htm]