Britannia
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item:- Hampshire Museums : FA2002.77 image:- © see bottom of page |
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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. |
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Ogilby 1675 | |
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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. |
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printed bottom
Fran : Barlow inv : W. Hollar fecit [1675] |
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watermark: central
?fleur de lys or ?Prince of Wales feathers? |
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| wxh, sheet (left edge is a modern cut):- | 26.5x42.5cm | |
| wxh, plate:- | 228x368mm | |
| wxh, map:- | 217x353mm | |
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