Object Number 1959.0036

Object Name

Map

Title

A Map of y\e/ English Empire in y\e Continent of/ AMERICA/ Viz/ VIRGINIA NEW-YORK/ MARYLAND NEW IARSEY/ CAROLINA NEW ENGLAND/ PENNSILVANIA.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Walter Binneman (Engraver)

Robert Morden (Publisher and seller)-1703
Best known for producing a set of British county maps published in William Camden's Britannia (London: Edmund Gibson, 1695, first ed.).

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1679-1703

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom left of center in cartouche; Sold by/ R. Morden at y\e Atlas/ in Cornhill near y\e Royal/ Exchange/ LONDON.
2. Inscription; Bottom left of center between cartouches; W. Binneman/ Sculpsit

Subjects

Armorial device; Native American; American Indian

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid); Canvas

Techniques

Engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

20.38 (H) , 24.35 (W) , 19.4 (Image H) , 23.22 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

51.8 (H) , 61.86 (W) , 19.4 (Image H) , 23.22 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements taken in frame. H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at right): 19.8 in. (50.3 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 23.3 in. (59.2 cm). Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured.

Publisher Summary

Morden, Robert

Place of Publication

Cornhill, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Edition Notes

Second state includes Pennsylvania, other smaller changes also made.

Object Description

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