leg for terrestrial globe stand
Date: circa 1765
Inventory Number: 0071c
Classification: Globe Stand
Subject:
Maker: Benjamin Martin (1704 - 1782)
Maker: John Senex (English, 1678 - 1740)
Supplier: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
54 x 31 x 16 cm (21 1/4 x 12 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Material:
wood,
Bibliography:
The Apparatus of Science at Harvard, 1765-1800
Description:
Carved wooden leg similar to the ones put on the celestial globe by Benjamin Martin. This leg was most likely one of the six supporting the terrestrial globe now covered in black paint.
Signedunsigned
Published ReferencesDavid P. Wheatland, The Apparatus of Science at Harvard, 1765-1800 (Cambridge, MA: CHSI, 1968), pp. 63-64.
