F7311-002

Globe x-ray Long Caption: Celestial miniature globe. It forms a pair with the terrestrial globe, Senex GLB0034. Astronomical details on the sphere are the same as Price and Senex GLB0013. There is a labelled magnitude table in front of Ursa Major, and 22 stars and three star groups are named. The 48 Ptolemaic constellations and two of the non-Ptolemaic constellations are drawn. There are two of the southern constellations, as well as those of Plancius and one of Hevelius. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: GLB0035 Artist: John Senex Date: circa 1750 Medium: papier; plaster; copper plate engraved; varnish; brass; wood; paper; hand-coloured Size: 155 mm x 115 mm; sphere diameter: 70 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.