COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211229
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C329
Image Title:
Oxfordshire
Parent Work Title:
A new map of the county of Oxford divided into hundreds
Creator:
Jones & Smith
Creator Role:
Engraver
Date Created:
1801
Description:
Map: Oxfordshire. Divided and coloured according to 'hundreds'. The map has a three neatline bordering as well as a thick brown border. Latitude and Longitude are indicated around the edges. It details place names, distances between towns, parks, buildings, rivers and canals. There is a scale bar bottom left indicating miles and furlongs. 'Longitude West of Greenwich' is printed along the bottom edge. A reference key to the hundreds is printed top right and an 'Explanation ' at bottom centre explains different features. A simple compass rose is top left under which is printed: 'Jones & Smith Sculpt. Pentonville'. The title, bottom left has printed underneath: 'Printed for C. Smith, No. 172 Strand, January 6th 1801.'.
Language Name:
English
Language Code:
eng
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printed
Medium:
Engraving (printing process)
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Oxfordshire
Item Height:
630 mm
Item Width:
540 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
