COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211163
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C172
Image Title:
Berkshire
Parent Work Title:
A new map of Barkshire with all the hundreds, parkes and other places thereun to belonging
Creator:
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677
Creator Role:
Engraver
Date Created:
1666
Description:
Map: Berkshire. Illustrations include two Knights of the Garter; a large detailed drawing entitled 'Y South side of Windsor Castle'; compass rose and shield. Bottom right is the scale of miles illustrated by a pair of compasses. Text bottom left reads: ' London sould with all other countey & contrey maps, by John Overton at ye white house without Newgate neere the fountaine tavern'. Top left is a short account of the Battle of Radcot Bridge 1387.
Language Name:
English
Language Code:
eng
Language Name:
lat
Category of Material:
Latin
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printed
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Windsor
Places Covered:
England: Berkshire
Item Height:
444 mm
Item Width:
542 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 Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
