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Catalog Number |
2014.21.64 |
Object Name |
Map |
Description |
John Cary Hertfordshire Hand-colored engraving London, 1787 Map with colored elements by John Cary: Hertfordshire, a county in Southern England, bordered by Bedfordshire to the North, Cambridgeshire to the Northeast, Essex to the East, Buckinghamshire to the West, and Greater London to the South. The regions, cities, towns, et cetera, are clearly identified on the map, larger settlements marked with castle/cathedral icon or green miniature park plan, i.e. "Totteridge" bottom middle of map. Borders, main roads, forests, parks, and fields, colored, some texture, rivers, small roads, and bodies of water, not colored, some texture. Decorative black and white title and credit cartouche with compass lines and fleur-de-lis, top left of map, scale below. Measurement marks surrounds black double line border, directional notations in English across bottom edge, "Longitude Wst. from St. Pauls London.", bottom left of map. Foxing spots scattered across surface and back of map, toning around edges, and bottom of page crease. Text page attached to back of map, some foxing spots. |
Title |
Hertfordshire |
Date |
1787 |
Role of Creator |
Cartographer |
Creator |
Cary, John |
Medium |
hand color engraving |
Material |
paper |
Dimensions |
H-9.75 W-12.125 inches |
Credit line |
Gift of Jeffery M. Leving, Founder, Fathers’ Rights |
Place of Origin |
Europe/England/London |
Subjects |
England Hertfordshire |