Terrestrial globe
Thomas Chippendale (Otley 1718 - London 1779)
Category
Globes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mahogany and metal
Measurements
1070 mm (Height)
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Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 532976.1
Summary
Sphere as part of a Terrestrial globe, the sphere is covered in paper with a brass horizontal ring. The Terrestrial globe is mounted on a Chippendale mahogany tripod stand on brass castors (532976.2) . The terrestrial globe, paired with a Celestial globe (534389). Plaque on the sphere reads ‘To the Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Bart, K.B. President of the Royal Society. This new British Terrestrial globe containing all the latest discoveries and communications, from the most correct and authentic observations and surveys, to the year 1799 by Captain Cook and more recent navigators. Engraved from > accurate drawings by Mr Arrowsmith, Geographer. -rest is unreadable. Signed by Bardin, 235, 125.
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Sir Montgomerie Fairfax-Lucy (1896 – 1965), two years after the death of his father, Sir Henry Ramsay-Fairfax, 3rd Bt (1870 – 1944), with Charlecote Park and its chief contents, in 1946.
Makers and roles
Thomas Chippendale (Otley 1718 - London 1779) , cabinetmaker