COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL19023451
Reference Number:
O1 (17)
Link to Catalogue:
Parent Work Title:
A New Map of the Land of Matrimony, Drawn from the Latest Surveys
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Barbauld's Allegorical map
Creator:
Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Ellis, J. (Joseph), -1793
Creator Role:
Engraver
Date Created:
1772
Publication Details:
London: J. Johnson, St.Paul's Church Yard
Description:
Late 18th century, colour fantasy map first published anonymously by Joseph Johnson in 1772 but attributable Anna Letitia Barbauld's poem ‘To Mr. Barbauld, with a Map of the Land of Matrimony’. "A New Map of the Land of Matrimony, Drawn from the Latest Surveys" is a "romance cartography", a view on the matter of love and marriage. The cartouche of Barbauld’s map incorporates a blind cupid and the motto ‘Un aveugle fait le choix’ (‘A blind man makes the choice’).
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language Name:
English
Subject:
Imaginary places--Early works to 1800--Maps
Subject:
Early works to 1800--Maps
Subject:
Romance fiction--18th century
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Maps
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: Greater London: London
Item Height:
Map: 260 mm
Item Height:
Sheet: 280 mm
Item Width:
Map: 330 mm
Item Width:
Sheet: 360 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
McCarthy, William (2008). Anna Letitia Barbauld : voice of the enlightenment. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
References:
Kathryn Ready (2016) Anna Letitia Barbauld's ‘To Mr. Barbauld, with a Map of the Land of Matrimony’ and the History of Sentimental Cartography, History of European Ideas, 42:3, 350-363
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2019-02-18
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2019-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
