The North Circular Celestial Menagerie Print - By Anna Walsh

A delightful and intriguing print featuring animal myths and legends of London in a celestial style circular ‘sky view’.

Animal myths and legends of London are mapped out in two prints (see South Circular Celestial Menagerie too)  informed by vintage celestial globes mapping the myths and legends in the stars, which often have a ‘north’ view and ‘south’ view. 

This one is the 'North' ('South' featured on separate print). Featuring the bear spotted in Hackney Marshes in the 1980s (Ursa Major), Fenton the YouTube star who chased deer through Richmond Park (Canis Venatici), The Giraffes that used to live on the Walworth road (Cameleopardalis), The Cricklewood Lynx (Lynx), The White Horse of the FA Cup (Pegasus), the Hogs that live in Hampstead Sewers (Aries… kind of goat like?) among others!

As all Londoners know, the north and south circular refer to the roads that circle central London, making a serendipitous title for these pieces, and all the North London boroughs are listed on the outer ‘ring’.

Each print is made up of original and meticulously hand drawn illustrations, all put together to make this truly unique and quirky print.

This limited edition print and its companion piece, South  Circular Celestial Menagerie, would make the perfect pairing and look fantastic on the walls of any London animal lover or astronomy enthusiast!

Disclaimer - much artistic license is in place and the constellations are only loosely based on the actual star constellations - probably best not to navigate the seas by them!

High quality archival digital print on Hahnemuhle German Etching paper 310gsm

Size - 40 x 50 cm

Limited edition of 50