Lot Essay
A fine example. According to Clifton, Richard Cushee was baptised in 1696 and educated at Christ's Hospital school in London. He was apprenticed to the hydrographer and globe maker Charles Price (circa 1697-1733), made a freeman of the Merchant Taylors guild in 1721, and worked from The Globe & Sun in Fleet Street, sharing premises with John Coggs and William Wyeth. Cushee also sought to promote his products through publication: King notes that, "In 1731 [Thomas] Wright collaborated with R. Cushee in publishing The Description and Use of the Globes, and the Orrery, a popular book by Joseph Harris, teacher of mathematics, that by 1783 went into 12 editions" (p. 160).
Van der Krogt describes this globe as Cus 1, and illustrates the maker's label, noting that: "To the inside of the cover the gores of a celestial globe are pasted (Cus 3)". This globe was also used by Thomas Wright for an orrery (King, p. 160).
Van der Krogt describes this globe as Cus 1, and illustrates the maker's label, noting that: "To the inside of the cover the gores of a celestial globe are pasted (Cus 3)". This globe was also used by Thomas Wright for an orrery (King, p. 160).