Pocket terrestrial globe
Dudley Adams (1762 - 1830)
Category
Globes
Date
1800 - 1825
Materials
Brass, Glue, Leather, Paper, Wood
Measurements
85 mm (Diameter)270 mm (Circumference)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338178
Summary
Pocket terrestrial globe. Spherical pasteboard case, hinged and covered with red leather. Containing close-fitting terrestrial globe. Celestial sphere lining to interior of case. Labelled 'New Globe of the Earth by Dudley Adams'. English, first quarter of the 19th century. In notebook no.2, page 31 (1340945.2) Charles Wade refers to: 'Admiral 120 (iii). 'A New Globe of the Earth. DUDLEY ADAMS. In case of Red leather. with celestial sphere inside'
Provenance
CPW Item 120 iii Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
New Globe of the Earth by Dudley Adams J Mynde Sc
Makers and roles
Dudley Adams (1762 - 1830), maker J. Mynde (1740-1770)
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 2 The Admiral’s Room, 1944, page 31