Object Number 1964.0740

Object Name

Map

Title

A Mapp/ of/ New JARSEY/ by/ John Seller

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Seller (Cartographer)

James Clerk (Engraver)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1664-1665

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; End of legend in cartouche, lower left; John Seller
2. Inscription; Bottom right; Ja. Clerk sculp:

Subjects

Delaware; Armorial device; American Indian; Native American; Philadelphia

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Line engraved, Etched, Hand colored, Painted

Construction Description

Printed on two sheets of laid paper bonded on linen backing of two-ply paper.

Dimensions (inches)

17.795 (H) , 21.75 (W) , 17 (Image H) , 21.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

45.2 (H) , 55.25 (W) , 17 (Image H) , 21.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements by sight, in frame. H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left) 17.1 in. (43.5 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 21.4 in. (54.4 cm). Chain interval 2.6 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Watermark

Grapes; countermark of ovals with pattern; possibly French

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Edition Notes

First and second states of Seller's map of New Jersey were included in John Sellers, Atlas Maritimus (London: 1682). The first state includes the soundings in New York harbor and shows only the Stuart arms. In the second state, the soundings were removed, Carteret's arms were added just slightly right of center and above Seller's dedication, and a second image of the Stuart arms was engraved in the lower right, near where Clerk's name had appeared in the first state.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 2, pp. 33-4.
[Book] Cumming, William Patterson. 1974 British Maps of Colonial America.
• Published: pp. 21-2, 39-40.
[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962. 99 p.
• Published: no. 65, p. 33.
[Article] Richards, Nancy E. 10//1971 The print collection at Winterthur, Part I. Antiques. 100 (4): 586-590.
• Published: fig. no. 1, pp. 586-587.
[Book] Sweeney, John A. H. 1963 The Treasure House of Early American Rooms.
• Published: p. 23.
[Book] Stokes, I. N. Phelps & Haskell, Daniel Carl. 1932 American Historical Prints: Early Views of American Cities, Etc.
• 1664--B-35
[Article] Campbell, Tony. 1965 New Light on the Jansson-Visscher Maps of New England. Map Collectors' Series. 3 (24)
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