Adam's The Irish Library Wednesday 17th April 2019

120 150 A FINE PAIR OF WILLIAM IV CELESTIAL AND TERRESTRIAL GLOBES, by Newton, Son and Berry, Chancery Lane, published 1838, on mahogany and brass mounted stands, with turned baluster centre pillar, with spiral reeded carving on scroll form tripod with circular compass undertiers. 38cm € 25,000 - 35,000 For years, Dutch cartographers had been at the forefront of geographical representation, but the 18th century saw a strong increase in British map production, coinciding with a resurgence of global exploration. :LWK LQFUHDVLQJ NQRZOHGJH WKH P\WKRORJLFDO ȴJXUHV DQG UHSUHVHQWDWLRQV RI WKH ]RGLDF WKDW RQFH DGRUQHG GHSLFWLRQV RI WKH HDUWK JDYH ZD\ WR D PXFK PRUH VFLHQWLȴF LPLWDWLRQ 7KRPDV &RRNȇV DGYHQWXUHV WKURXJK WKH 3DFLȴF EURXJKW WR OLJKW WKH ORFDWLRQ RI VHYHUDO LVODQGV ZKLOVW KLV DFFRPSDQ\LQJ DVWURQRPHUV ZHUH DEOH WR DF - curately map previously unknown lines of longitude. This ever increasing awareness meant that map makers ZHUH IRUFHG WR FRQWLQXRXVO\ XSGDWH WKHLU SURGXFWV FUHDWLQJ D SUROLȴF LQGXVWU\ A desire to learn about the world, or at least the desire to appear learned, quickly spread through the wealthier households of Britain, with well-to-do gentlemen purchasing globes to adorn the empty corners of their homes. Behind the supply of these globes was John Newton (1759-1844), who, after being apprenticed to Thomas Bateman, set up his own companying c.1780. Newton specialised in globes ranging from small SRFNHW VL]HG H[DPSOHV WR ODUJHU VWDQGLQJ RQHV DV VHHQ KHUH DQG KLV OHJDF\ DOORZHG WKH FRPSDQ\ WR ȵRXULVK well into the 19th century. Despite several name changes, the company maintained its excellence in globe creation, securing a prize at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London’s Crystal Palace.