Object Number 1959.2852

Object Name

Map

Title

MAP N\o II/ Laid down by/ a Scale of five/ Miles to an Inch

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

James Turner (Engraver)-1759
Fowble in Two Centuries writes that Turner "was a Boston silversmith and part-time engraver who later moved to Philadelphia." More research needs to be done on this artist.

Lewis Evans (Cartographer)

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1747-1747

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; ... Engrav'd by James Turner/ near the Town House Boston NE...

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

18.9 (H) , 14.7 (W) , 16.3 (Image H) , 13 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

48 (H) , 37.3 (W) , 16.3 (Image H) , 13 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 16.9 in. (42.9 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 13.5 in. (34.3 cm). Chain intervals: 2.5-2.7 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.

Publication Date

1747

Watermark

Fleur de lis with countermark of "C & IHONIG"

Edition Notes

Map number two of three published in "A Bill in the Chancery of New Jersey, at the Suit of John Earl of Stair, and others, ... Against... Persons of Elizabeth-Town" (Published by suscription, 1747)

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. 297, pp. 420-1.
[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. 68, p. 33.