Globe

Engraver Anders Åkerman (1721-1778)

Artist Fredrick Akrel (1748-1804)

Inscriptionshémisphère nord, océan Pacifique : GLOBUS \ TERRAQUEUS \ cura \ Societ. Cosmogr. Upsal \ Editus A° 1759 \ ab Andrea Akerman \ Reg. Societ. Scient. Upsal Sculpt \ Postea vere \ ad Recentiores Observationes \ emendatus \ Auspicio \ Reg. Acad. Scient. Holm. \ denuo editus \ Impensis & Opera \ Frider. Akrel 1780, \ & \ E. Åkerland 1804.

Date 1804

Medium / Technique Wood; metal: brass; fibre: papier mâcher
Cut, turned, moulded, glued, painted, mounted and engraved

DimensionsHeight: 44 cm (17 5/16 in.) Diameter: 30 cm (11 13/16 in.) Width: 43 cm (16 15/16 in.)

ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Graphic Documents

Origin Stockholm, Sweden, Europe

Object Number1993.53.2

DivisionMaterial Culture - Objects of Science and Technology

CollectionStewart

CreditPurchase

Status

Not on view

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