
Jon Baddeley
Specialist Consultant Collectors, Science & Marine
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Provenance:
The Stephen Edell Collection.
Literature:
John R. Millburn, Adams of Fleet Street, Instrument Makers to King George III, London, 2000.
From a family of renowned instrument-makers, Dudley Adams (1762-1830) was the son of George Adams Sr. (1750-1795), and younger brother of George Adams Jr. (1750-1795). He worked at Charing Cross for 16 years before relocating to the family business on Fleet Street from 1796. Along with globes, Dudley Adams also made compasses, table globes, and patented spectacles.