A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY TERRESTRIAL GLOBE

BY GEORGE AND JOHN CARY

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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY TERRESTRIAL GLOBE
By George and John Cary
The globe with circular printed label inscribed 'CARY'S New Terrestrial Globe, Drawn from the most recent GEOGRAPHICAL WORKS, Shewing the whole of the New Discoveries with the TRACKS of the PRINCIPLE NAVIGATORS and every improvement in Geography to the present Time. LONDON ; London Published by G & J Carey, St. James's St., May 1st. 1824., on a turned baluster column and square tapering serpentine legs with spade feet joined by a cross-stretcher with a glazed compass, with brass castors
40 in. (101.5 cm.) high; 15 in. (38 cm.) diam. of globe

Lot Essay

George and John Cary, sons of John Cary Senior (d. 1835), continued the family globe-making business started by John and William Cary in 1791. Together with the firms of Newton and Bardin, globes made by the Carys accounted for the majority of globes produced in England during the early 19th Century (see 'The World in Your Hands', Exhibition Catalogue, London, Christie's, 1994, pp. 64-5).
A similar globe by John and William Cary was sold anonymously, Christie's New York, 22 April 1995, lot 324.

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