A Superb and Rare Long Scroll Entitled ‘A Chart of Universal History’
A Superb and Rare Long Scroll Entitled ‘A Chart of Universal History’
The rolled ‘chart’ extends to a very long length attached to two handles with the unrolled ‘chart’ starting at 4000 BC with Adam, Cain and Abel culminating in the year 1838, although the ‘chart’ continues up to the year 2000 AD as a ‘blank’
Housed within the original Satinwood Red Baize Lined Box
Fine overall condition, retaining its strong original colour
Paper, Cotton, Silk, Watercolour, Ink, Wood, Satinwood, Key
A stamp to the reverse for: Malcomlson and Son, Portlaw (Portlaw is in the county of Wexford, the Macolmson family, Irish Quakers, were Corn and Cotton Magnates, their family home was Mayfield House)
Ireland
Circa 1838 AD
SIZE: approx: 43.5cm high - 17¹⁄₈ ins high / 57cm high - 22³⁄₈ ins high (with handles) Approx: 680cm long - 267¾ long / 6.8 meters long - 22 feet long
Case: 9.5cm high, 60cm wide, 18.5cm deep - 3¾ ins high, 23⁵⁄₈ ins wide, 7¼ ins deep
The rolled ‘chart’ extends to a very long length attached to two handles with the unrolled ‘chart’ starting at 4000 BC with Adam, Cain and Abel culminating in the year 1838, although the ‘chart’ continues up to the year 2000 AD as a ‘blank’
Housed within the original Satinwood Red Baize Lined Box
Fine overall condition, retaining its strong original colour
Paper, Cotton, Silk, Watercolour, Ink, Wood, Satinwood, Key
A stamp to the reverse for: Malcomlson and Son, Portlaw (Portlaw is in the county of Wexford, the Macolmson family, Irish Quakers, were Corn and Cotton Magnates, their family home was Mayfield House)
Ireland
Circa 1838 AD
SIZE: approx: 43.5cm high - 17¹⁄₈ ins high / 57cm high - 22³⁄₈ ins high (with handles) Approx: 680cm long - 267¾ long / 6.8 meters long - 22 feet long
Case: 9.5cm high, 60cm wide, 18.5cm deep - 3¾ ins high, 23⁵⁄₈ ins wide, 7¼ ins deep
A Superb and Rare Long Scroll Entitled ‘A Chart of Universal History’
The rolled ‘chart’ extends to a very long length attached to two handles with the unrolled ‘chart’ starting at 4000 BC with Adam, Cain and Abel culminating in the year 1838, although the ‘chart’ continues up to the year 2000 AD as a ‘blank’
Housed within the original Satinwood Red Baize Lined Box
Fine overall condition, retaining its strong original colour
Paper, Cotton, Silk, Watercolour, Ink, Wood, Satinwood, Key
A stamp to the reverse for: Malcomlson and Son, Portlaw (Portlaw is in the county of Wexford, the Macolmson family, Irish Quakers, were Corn and Cotton Magnates, their family home was Mayfield House)
Ireland
Circa 1838 AD
SIZE: approx: 43.5cm high - 17¹⁄₈ ins high / 57cm high - 22³⁄₈ ins high (with handles) Approx: 680cm long - 267¾ long / 6.8 meters long - 22 feet long
Case: 9.5cm high, 60cm wide, 18.5cm deep - 3¾ ins high, 23⁵⁄₈ ins wide, 7¼ ins deep
The rolled ‘chart’ extends to a very long length attached to two handles with the unrolled ‘chart’ starting at 4000 BC with Adam, Cain and Abel culminating in the year 1838, although the ‘chart’ continues up to the year 2000 AD as a ‘blank’
Housed within the original Satinwood Red Baize Lined Box
Fine overall condition, retaining its strong original colour
Paper, Cotton, Silk, Watercolour, Ink, Wood, Satinwood, Key
A stamp to the reverse for: Malcomlson and Son, Portlaw (Portlaw is in the county of Wexford, the Macolmson family, Irish Quakers, were Corn and Cotton Magnates, their family home was Mayfield House)
Ireland
Circa 1838 AD
SIZE: approx: 43.5cm high - 17¹⁄₈ ins high / 57cm high - 22³⁄₈ ins high (with handles) Approx: 680cm long - 267¾ long / 6.8 meters long - 22 feet long
Case: 9.5cm high, 60cm wide, 18.5cm deep - 3¾ ins high, 23⁵⁄₈ ins wide, 7¼ ins deep
The fascinating, unique ‘history of the world’ signed and dated ‘F Needham ‘fecit’ Anno 1838’, offers the viewer a continuous trip throughout the ages of man, the ages of the world, and those cultures which sprang up and declined over the millennia. Starting at 4000 BC, moving quickly onto ‘The Flood’ between the years 2348 - 2347 BC and moving through countless cultures and periods of time. Painted in watercolour with ink annotations along the entire length, the dates give a glimpse into the ‘artist’s’ view upon the world and their personal insight into when the world ‘sprang’ into life and takes the viewer on a journey up to 1838. Near to the end of the scroll, a delightful passage of time has been left ‘blank’ presumably for future generations to fill in over time. However the scroll, gleaned from its wonderful original condition, must have been locked away for many generations, and thus was never completed. The Victorian age and early 20th century, those technical advancements, trains, planes and automobiles, various world wars, moving into the computer age can now all be left to the modern-day viewer’s own imagination. Viewing the scroll in its entirety can now give one hope for the future, the world and civilisation are now twenty two years past the final date on the scroll, the year 2000 !
A Superb and Rare Long Scroll Entitled ‘A Chart of Universal History’
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