COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
mediaCollectionId
maps002~1~1
Maps Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
JRL1211252
image_number
JRL1211252
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C345.1
reference_number
Booker & Mills C345.1
Reference Number
false
Parent Work Title:
Poly-Olbion
title_larger_entity
Poly-Olbion
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Surrey and Sussex
title_l_e_variant
Surrey and Sussex
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Hole, William, -1624
creator
Hole, William, -1624
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Engraver
creator_role
Engraver
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
1622
date_created
1622
Date Created
false
Description:
Surrey and Sussex. 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.
description
Surrey and Sussex. 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.
Description
false
Language Code:
eng
language
eng
Language Code
false
Language Name:
English
language_name
English
Language Name
false
Category of Material:
Printed
category
Printed
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Maps
class
Maps
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
technique
Printing (process)
Technique Used
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
temporal_coverage
17th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England: Surrey
spatial_coverage
England: Surrey
Places Covered
false
Places Covered:
England: Suffolk
spatial_coverage
England: Suffolk
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631
people_covered
Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631
People Covered
false
Item Height:
285 mm
item_height
285 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
370 mm
item_width
370 mm
Item Width
false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
former_repository
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Provenance
false
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