G. & J. Cary
12-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
London: 1826
18 inches high; 17 inches diameter overall
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12-Inch Terrestrial Table Globe
J.& W. Cary, London: c. 1826
J.& W. Cary, London: c. 1826
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A terrestrial 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.
Globe in tones of cream and olive, with some olive outlining of geographical entites. Detailed cartography. American west still undeveloped.
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.
CARY'S/ NEW/ TERRESTRIAL GLOBE/ DELINEATED/ From the best Authorities extant/ Exhibiting the late Discoveries towards the/ NORTH POLE,/ and every improvement in Geography/ to the present Time./ LONDON:/ Made & Sold by G. & J. CARY, 86 St. James’s Street Jany. 4 1826.
Seller's label below cartouche: Sold by D. Davis, No. 149 [?] Glasgow
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.