Drawing instruments by Charles Whitwell

Made:
1593-1610 in London and London and
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Case of drawing instruments in leather sling case made by
Science Museum Group
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Eight inch brass sector is engraved with the initials 'C. W
Science Museum Group Collection
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Group photograph of Portable universal equinoctial sundial
Science Museum Group Collection
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Drawing instruments, late 16th or early 17th century
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Drawing instruments, late 16th or early 17th century
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Drawing instruments, late 16th or early 17th century
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Case of drawing instruments, late 16th or early 17th century
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Drawing instruments, late 16th or early 17th century
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Drawing instruments, late 16th or early 17th century
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Drawing instruments, late 16th or early 17th century
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Case of drawing instruments, late 16th or early 17th century
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Case of drawing instruments in leather sling case made by Charles Whitwell between 1593-1610 near St. Clement's Church (without Temple Bar), London. The set contains a pair of 8-inch brass-and-steel dividers with pencil attachment, an 8-inch brass sector, 41/2-inch brass three-legged dividers (probably not original to the set and made at a later date) , a pair of 41/2-inch brass dividers and a brass scribing tool used to mark a surface on which a line is to be drawn. The sector is engraved with the initials 'C.W' for Charles Whitwell.

Drawing instruments were used by draughtsmen to create scale drawings, precisely transfer drawings from one sheet to another and scale up or down. The instruments contained within sets included dividers, pencils, scribing tools for measuring and drawing and sectors for measuring and calculating. Charles Whitwell (active 1592 - 1611) was an engraver and mathematical instrument maker. He was apprenticed to Augustine Ryther in 1582 and became a Freeman of the Grocers' Company in 1590. His workshop was located near St Clement's Church, near what is now Aldwych, in London.

Details

Category:
Mathematics
Object Number:
1914-263
Materials:
brass, steel and case, leather
Measurements:
sector - closed: 4 mm x 47 mm x 220 mm, 0.39 kg
case - overall: 50 mm x 50 mm x 230 mm, 0.13 kg
type:
drawing instrument sets
credit:
Hager, J.