GEORGE & JOHN CARY, 1829

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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY TERRESTRIAL GLOBE
George & John Cary, 1829
The globe with circular printed label inscribed CARY'S New Terrestrial Globe, Deliniated from the best authorities extant, Exhibiting the late discoveries towards the NORTH POLE, and every improvement in Geography to the present Time. LONDON ; Made & Sold by G & J Carey, 86 St. James's St., Jan 4 1829 on a turned baluster column with three cabriole legs and pointed pad feet joined by a cross-stretcher with a glazed compass
24in. (61cm.) high, 18in. (45.75cm.) wide

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).

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