J. & W. Cary
12-Inch Celestial Table Globe
London: 1800
18 inches high; 17 inches diameter overall
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12-Inch Celestial Table Globe
J.& W. Cary, London: c. 1800
J.& W. Cary, London: c. 1800
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A celestial globe, surmounted by brass hour disc at North Pole, in full graduated brass meridian, the horizon edged in red paint with hand-colored engraved paper ring showing degrees of amplitude and azimuth, compass directions, days and months of the year, names of the signs of the zodiac, and an equation of time; supported an ebonized stand, having four turned legs joined by X-form turned cross-stretchers, ending in tapered feet.
The celestial globe cream colored, with constellations shown by curved boundary lines in tones of olive, rather than as figures. Stars shown to the sixth magnitude.
The celebrated Cary family of cartographers and globe makers produced some of the greatest late Georgian globes. The firm was started in the late 18th Century by John Cary, who often worked in partnership with his brother William Cary, a scientific instrument maker. The Cary brothers moved their business to 86 St. James’s Street in about 1820, leaving the premises at 181 Strand to John Cary’s sons George (c. 1788-1859) and John Jr. (1791 - 1852). They produced a variety of globes under the name G. & J. Cary from 1821 to about 1850. In 1850, George Frederick Cruchley, a map seller, took over a portion of the Cary business and produced maps and globes from 1850 to about 1876.
Rectangular Cartouche: CARY'S/ NEW CELESTIAL GLOBE,/ ON WHICH/ are which correctly laid down upwards of 3500 Stars/ Selected from the most accurate observations/ and calculated for the Year 1800/ With the extent of each Constellation precisely defined/ By MR. GILPIN of the ROYAL SOCIETY/ Made & Sold by J. & W. Cary/ Strand London Jan. 1 1800
References:
Dekker, Elly and Peter van der Krogt. Globes from the Western World. London: Zwemmer, 1993.
Fordham, Sir Herbert George. John Cary, Engraver, Map, Chart and Print-Seller and Globe-Maker. Cambridge University Press, 1925.
Tom Lamb and Jeremy P. Collins (ed.) The World In Your Hands. London, 1994.