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Chart chest
[Wooden chart box]
Ephemera
- Author: [Anonymous]
- Publication date: [c1790].
- Physical description: Polychromed wooden chart chest, decorated on the front panel in a ribbon banner, " J.R. Hobbs & Sons Cartographers Charts & Maps".
- Dimensions: 785 by 185 by 116mm (30.75 by 7.25 by 45.75 inches).
- Inventory reference: 10780
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Rare and fine chart case, probably made by the American chart maker, mapseller, and cartographer James R. Hobbs, active in the late eighteenth century. The box is finely painted with a banderole and monogram of an 'H' surmounted by a pair of compasses.
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PO Box 329, Larchmont, NY, USA
Opening hours, London Gallery
Monday to Friday: 10:00 – 18:00
Saturday: by appointment
Closed: all bank holidays and 1-31 August
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By appointment only