BY LANE, CIRCA 1835

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A WILLIAM IV POCKET GLOBE
BY LANE, CIRCA 1835
The cartouche LANEs Improved GLOBE LONDON, made up of twelve hand-coloured engraved gores, the equatorial graduated in degrees and hours, the meridian of Greenwich ungraduated, the meridian at 135°W graduated in degrees, the ecliptic graduated in twelve times 1-30° for the houses of the Zodiac, with sigils, the oceans showing the tracks of Cooke and Anson with various notes, the continents coloured and shaded in yellow, red and green and showing place names and rivers, Australia labelled NEW HOLLAND, North Africa showing NEGROLAND and South Africa COUNTRY OF THE CAFRES, Canada with no northern coastline, Antarctica showing some small stretches of partial coastline including Enderbys Land 1833, with two iron axis pins, in a spherical fishskin-covered wooden case, the interior laid with two sets of twelve hand-coloured engraved celestial half-gores laid to the celestial poles, with graduated equatorial and ecliptic, the latter with twilight zone, the stars to various orders of magnitude and the constellations depicted by mythical beasts and figures and scientific instruments, the case edges lined in red, with three brass hooks and eyes
3 in. (7.5 cm.) diameter

来源

Presumably purchased by George Byng Esq. M.P. (d.1847) and by descent.

注意事项

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拍品专文

Nicolas Lane (sometimes erroneously called Nathanial) was, according to Stevenson, 'probably an unimportant printer of maps in London'. However, he is responsible for issuing some elegant late eighteenth- and early nineteenth century pocket globes, notable for their attractive cartography and strong colouring. Little is known of him: his first globe, of 2>-inch diameter, appeared in 1776. Dekker reports him as working between 1775 and 1783, stating that in 1783 he was recorded as living in the parish of Christ Church, Southwark, London. Later, 3-inch diameter globes appeared with Lane's name on. It is unclear whether Lane was alive to issue the early nineteenth century "Lane's Globe"s, or whether his stock of gores was bought, perhaps following his death, reissued and updated, and marketed under Lane's name. They did certainly appear bearing the names of several other vendors of globes, such as Silberrad, Jacob & Halse and others.