COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211193
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C245.2
Parent Work Title:
Poly-Olbion
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Map of Middlesex and Hertfordshire
Creator:
Marriott, John, active 1616-1657
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Creator:
Hole, William, -1624
Creator Role:
Engraver
Date Created:
1622
Description:
Middlesex and Hertfordshire. This map illustrates part of 'Poly-Olbion', a topographical poem written by Michael Drayton (1563-1631) which contained songs praising the beauty of England and Wales. This is one of several 'allegorical' maps created to accompany these poems. The 'allegorical' maps represented rivers with nymphs; hills with shepherds; forests with huntresses and cities with crowned female figures.
Language Code:
eng
Language Name:
English
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Engraving (printing process)
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Middlesex
Places Covered:
England: Hertfordshire
People Covered:
Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631
Item Height:
290 mm
Item Width:
370 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-02-07
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
