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Catalog Number |
2014.21.74 |
Object Name |
Map |
Description |
John Cary Warwickshire Hand-colored engraving London, 1787 Map with colored elements by John Cary: Warwickshire, a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. 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. "Seekingdon" top middle of map. Borders, main roads, and parks, colored, some texture, small roads and rivers, not colored, some texture. Decorative black and white title and credit cartouche with compass lines and fleur-de-lis, top right of map, scale below. Measurement marks surround black double line border, directional notation in English, "Longitude Wef(s)t from London.", bottom right of map. Toning on edges of map, water damage, top and bottom left corners, paper damage, right of crease. Text page attached to back of map, toning on edges. |
Title |
Warwickshire |
Date |
1787 |
Role of Creator |
Cartographer |
Creator |
Cary, John |
Medium |
hand color engraving |
Material |
paper |
Dimensions |
H-12.25 W-9.625 inches |
Credit line |
Gift of Jeffery M. Leving, Founder, Fathers’ Rights |
Place of Origin |
Europe/England/London |
Subjects |
England Warwickshire |