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Map (Collotype)
Facsimile of "The Herrman Map/ of/ VIRGINIA & MARYLAND/ London, 1673"
Meriden Gravure Company, Augustin Herrman, John Seller
1967
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Meriden Gravure Company (Printer)
Place of Origin
Meriden; Connecticut; New Haven; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1969.2783
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.2783
Object Name
Map (Collotype)
Title
Facsimile of "The Herrman Map/ of/ VIRGINIA & MARYLAND/ London, 1673"
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Meriden Gravure Company (Printer); Augustin Herrman (Cartographer and publisher); John Seller (Mapseller)
Place of Origin
Meriden; Connecticut; New Haven; New England; United States; North America
Date
1967
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left on bottom left sheet
Inscription: VIRGINIA/ AND MARYLAND/ As it is Planted and/ Inhabited this present/ Year 1670 Surveyed and/ Exactly Drawne by the/ Only Labour & Endeavour/ of/ Augustin Herrman/ Bohemiensis
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom left on bottom left sheet
Inscription: Published by Authority of his Ma.\ties/ Royall Licence and particuler Priviledge/ to Aug. Herman and Thomas Within=brook/ his Assignee for fourteen yeares form the/ year of our lord 1673
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left on bottom right sheet
Inscription: Sold by John Seller, Hydrographer to the/ King at his Shop in Exchag\e ally in Cornhill./ London.
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left on bottom right sheet
Inscription: A facsimile of the original map in the John Carter/ Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island,/ 1967"
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom right on bottom right sheet
Inscription: Reproduced in Collotype by the Meriden Gravure Company
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Armorial device
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Collotype
Construction Description
On four, unjoined sheets.
Dimensions (inches)
16.08 (H) x 19.1 (W) x 18.8 (Image H) x 15.7 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
40.85 (H) x 48.5 (W) x 47.7 (Image H) x 40 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Measurements of bottom right sheet. OH at right. OW at bottom.
Publisher Summary
Meriden Gravure Company
Publisher Date
01/01/1967
Publisher Name
Meriden Gravure Company
Edition State
Reproduction