Terrestrial Globe

Name/Title

Terrestrial Globe

Entry/Object ID

5245

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Philip Syng Physick Fell, Boca Grande, FL

Notes

Date: 1975 Credit Line: Gift of Philip S. P. Fell Means of Accession: gift

Made/Created

Artist

Charles Smith & Son

Date made

circa 1870

Place

Country

England, United Kingdom

Continent

Europe

Dimensions

Diameter

18 in

Material

Plaster, Mahogany, brass, Papier mâché

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Curator Pick of the Month

Label

This terrestrial globe, which details the geographic features of the Earth, is part of a pair of library terrestrial and celestial globes. The globes were donated to the Drexel Founding Collection in 1975 by Philip Syng Physick Fell, a member of the Drexel family. In 2015, the pair was sent to Studio T.K.M. in Massachusetts to be conserved and restored to close to their original appearance. The conservators removed discolored varnish, repaired holes and damage to the mechanical pieces and in-painted areas of loss throughout both globes.