Object Number 1990.0029

Object Name

Map

Title

Accurata Delineatio/ celeberrimae Regionis/ LUDOVICIANAE/ vel Gallice/ LOUISIANE/ ol.' Canadae et Floridae adpellatione/ in Septemtrionali America

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects

Creator (Role)

Matthäus Seutter (Engraver and publisher)
1678-1757
Do not confuse with his son Georg Matthäus Seutter (b. 1710).

Guillaume Delisle (Cartographer)
1675-1726

Gottfried Rogg (Designer)-1742

Melchior Rein

Place of Origin

Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Date

1720-1730

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, in reserve on pedestal; MATTHAEI SEUTTERI, S.C.M.G. AUGUSTAN.
2. Inscription; Lower right, within image; Gottfr. Rogg del
3. Inscription; Lower right, within image; M. Rhein sc.

Subjects

Allegory

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Engraved, Line engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

20.8 (H) , 24.1 (W) , 19.5 (Image H) , 22.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

52.8 (H) , 61.3 (W) , 19.5 (Image H) , 22.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 19.7 in. (50.0 cm). Plate W: (at bottom): 22.6 in. (57.4 cm). Chain interval: 2.4-3.0 cm; laid line frequency: 11 per cm. H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Seutter, Matthäus

Place of Publication

Augsburg, Germany, Europe

Watermark

Lily in shield and crown above; similar to Heawood nos. 569-574

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Library of Congress & Cresswell, Donald H. 1975 The American Revolution in Drawings and Prints: A Checklist of 1765-1790 Graphics in the Library of Congress. Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell.
• See no. 722.