Pair of Library Globes Showing Discoveries in Texas
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Pair of Library Globes Showing Discoveries in Texas
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Newton’s New and Improved Celesial Globe;
Wheron the stars are laid down from the most accurate observations of the best modern astronomers, to the beginning of the year 1820.
Approxiate height 36”, diameter 12”
London, 1820
J. & W. Newton
Newton’s New and Improved Terrestrial Globe;
Embracing every recent discovery in the present time.
Approxiate height 36”, diameter 12”
London, 1820
The venerable Newton family of cartographers was the leading English globemaking firm of the early 19th century. The firm's history dates back to Nathaniel Hill of the mid-18th century, who taught the art of globemaking to Thomas Bateman (fl. 1754-1781), who then trained John Newton (1759-1844), the patriarch of the Newton firm. John Newton began his firm in 1780, first publishing a reissue of a Nathaniel Hill pocket globe in partnership with William Palmer. Soon after the turn of the 19th century, Newton was joined in business by his second son William (1786-1861), changing the firm’s name to J.& W. Newton. From 1831 to 1841, Miles Berry, a civil engineer, was a member of the firm. After 1841, ownership passed to William Newton's eldest son William Edward Newton (1818-79). Alfred Vincent (1821-1900) also became associated with the firm, and it remained in operation by subsequent generations until the early 20th century.
This pair of is a fine example of the firm’s work from the early-nineteenth century, when it was under the direction of William Newton.
- Dimensions:Height: 34 in (86.36 cm)Diameter: 16 in (40.64 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
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- Date of Manufacture:c. 1820
- Condition:Overall good.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: 100503888920
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