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Celestial Globe
Celestial Globe

Celestial Globe

Artist Robert Morden British, circa 1650–1703
Datecirca 1690–1700
MediumPaper gores over papier-mâché, wooden stand, and bronze meridian ring
DimensionsH. 14 1/2 x W. 13 x Diam. 9 in. (36.8 x 33.0 x 22.9 cm.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Seventeenth-Century Room Fund, Elizabeth Borden, The Winston-Salem Foundation, The Camp-Younts Foundation, The John and Mary Camp Foundation, and various donors, by exchange
Object number2004.3
On View
On view
ProvenancePrivate collection; Trevor Philip & Sons, Ltd., London; sold to NCMA 2004.Published ReferencesOf Heaven and Earth (London: Trevor Philip & Sons, Ltd, 2002), 40-42, illus. (color) 40, details (color) 42.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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