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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
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.)
Origin
Stockholm, Sweden, Europe
Object Number1993.53.2
CollectionStewart
CreditPurchase
Status
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