COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211215
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C282
Parent Work Title:
A map of Middlesex: engraved from an actual survey, with Improvements
Creator:
Haywood, John
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Creator:
Sudlow, E., active 1785-1792
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
1787
Description:
Middlesex. Monochrome map with very rich detail including cities, place names and rivers. The title is presented in a plain cartouche, bottom right. Beside this is a table indicating 'Reference to the Hundreds'. There is a simple compass rose at top left. Latitude and longitude are marked around the edges. Bottom centre is a scale bar showing: 'British Statute Miles 69 to a Degree'. Along the bottom left is printed: 'Haywood del.' Centre is printed: 'Engraved for John Harrison, No. 115 Newgate Street, as the Act directs, Sept. 1st. 1787'. Bottom right is printed: 'Sudlow Sculp.'
Language Name:
English
Language Code:
eng
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Middlesex
Item Height:
420 mm
Item Width:
490 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
