Dudley Adams (1762-1830)
18-Inch Terrestrial Low Floor Globe
London: c. 1797
32 inches high; 23.75 inches diameter
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Dudley Adams Floor Globe
c. Late 18th Century
c. Late 18th Century
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A rare 18th Century British low-standing floor globe on a mahogany stand with cabriole legs in the Queen Anne taste. The Adams family were among the greatest scientific instrument and globe makers in Georgian England. This globe has handsome mellowed cream and olive colors, and is remarkably clear and readable. As expected, the United States has early cartography, the west being comprised largely of regions called Louisiana, Nova Mexico, and Albion Teguayo. The tracks of the latest voyages of Captains Cook and Anson are shown with hatched lines, and wind currents are shown with arrows.
The terrestrial globe surmounted by calibrated brass northern polar hour circle in calibrated full brass meridian, and having loose flat brass circular measuring ring joined by an hour circle, the horizon band with engraved paper calendar and zodiac, raised on a tripod mahogany stand in the Queen Anne taste, having four curved molded quadrants supporting the horizon band, the quadrants with wire circular tropical ring, supported on turned bulbous baluster standard, on three cabriole legs with pad feet, centered by a medial compass stretcher with engraved paper compass and needle enclosed in glass.
Land masses and waters generally in various tones of olive and cream colors, with some green outlines. United States with early cartography, Virginia, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, Georgia, and Florida extending west to the Mississippi, the American West shown generally as Louisiana, Nova Mexico, Albion Teguayo. Cook's and Anson's voyages shown by black hatched lines. Wind currents shown with arrows.
George Adams Senior (1704-72), the patriarch of the Adams family of globe makers, wrote numerous treatises on globes and scientific instruments including A Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestrial Globes, published in London in 1766. He is thought to have purchased and used the globe gores developed earlier in the 18th Century by John Senex and James Ferguson, the pioneers of British globe making.
George's sons, George Adams, Jr. (1750-95) and Dudley (1762-1830), continued the family business as instrument and globe makers in London. The Adams firm produced terrestrial and celestial floor and table globes, as well as pocket globes. Dudley Adams continued the business until 1817, when bankruptcy forced him to sell the pocket globe plates to the Lane firm, which reissued them in updated editions.
Cartouche Set in Wreath: Britanniarum/ REGI Augustissimo/ GEORGIO TERTIO./ Scientiarum Cultori pariter et Praesidio/ Globum hunc Terrestrem./ Omnes hactenus exploratos terrarum tractus, Ad./ Observationes Navigantium Itinerantium et Astronomo/ rum recentiores accuratissime descriptos exhibentum/ Grati animi et pietatis monumentum/ D.D.Q./ Omni cultu et officio devinctissimius/ D. Adams/ Made by D. ADAMS, Globe Maker to the King, Ins't Maker to his/ Majesty's Ordn'ce, & Optician to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales,/ No. 60 Fleet Street London/ 1797.