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Globes

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  • A classical courtyard filled with natural philosophers, scientists and artists. Engraving after S. Le Clerc.
  • The angel announces to the Virgin that she will give birth to Christ. Watercolour.
  • Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • A scholar sits in his study reading beside a globe. Line engraving by V. Denon, 1784, after G. Metsu (?).
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, a distant three-quarter view of the Hall and Chapel, looking east, the Infirmary in the foreground left. Coloured drawing by C. White, 1786.
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    Adam Walker, a natural philosopher, performing scientific experiments. Coloured etching after J. Gillray, 1796.

    Gillray, James, 1756-1815. | Date: 29 March 1796 | Reference: 12078i
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    The study and conservation of globes / by A.D. Baynes-Cope.

    Baynes-Cope, A. D. | Date: 1985
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    Bodleian Library, Oxford: interior panoramic view with key. Line engraving.

    | Reference: 20992i
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    A tutor to astronomy and geography, or, A easie and speedy way to know the use of both the globes, cœlestial and terrestrial : in six books ... : with an appendix shewing the use of the Ptolemaick sphere / by Joseph Moxon ... ; whereunto is added the antient poetical stories of the stars ... as also a discourse of the antiquity, progress, and augmentation of astronomy.

    Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691 | Date: MDCLXXIV [1674]
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    A treatise of the description and use of both globes. To which is annexed, a geographical description of our earth.

    | Date: 1718
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