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Hampshire Museums : FA2002.77
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Print, hand coloured engraving, drawn by Francis Barlow, engraved by W Hollar, frontispiece to the road book, Britannia, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
The scene is countryside outside a city 'London' gate wearing the royal flag, full of activity; men using strip maps, surveyors with instruments including a party trundling a waywiser, a shepherd and his flock, a stag hunt, fishing, etc etc; three winged cherubs above hold example strip maps, and a title banner.
The colouring is probably recent.
   Ogilby 1675
inscription:- printed title cartouche
BRITANNIA / VOL. I / or an / Illustration / of ye Kingdom of / ENGLAND / and dominion of WALES / By a / Geographical & Historical / Description / of the Principal / ROADS.
inscription:- printed bottom
Fran : Barlow inv : W. Hollar fecit [1675]
inscription:- watermark: central
?fleur de lys or ?Prince of Wales feathers?
wxh, sheet (left edge is a modern cut):- 26.5x42.5cm
wxh, plate:- 228x368mm
wxh, map:- 217x353mm
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