Map of England

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

This detailed map, titled ‘ENGLAND’, in fact includes Wales as well as outline drawings of parts of Ireland, Scotland and Flanders. England, Ireland and the Isle of Man have been hand-coloured with washes of yellow and green watercolour.

Robert Morden was a maker of maps and globes. Nothing is known of his background but he is thought to have been apprenticed to the printer and globe maker Joseph Moxon early in his career. Morden frequently advertised in the ‘London Gazette’ and at times went into partnerships with fellow mapmakers, including William Berry and Philip Lea. His best known maps were for Edmund Gibson’s 1695 edition of ‘Camden's Britannia’. In addition he produced maps of London, Essex, the American colonies, parts of Europe and a 13-sheet map of the world. He also dealt in mathematical instruments and wrote publications, including ‘Geography Rectified’ (1680) and ‘An Introduction to Astronomy, Geography, Navigation, and other Mathematical Sciences’ (1702).

Places

England

Subjects

map (as Subject), cartouche

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

Robert Morden

Title

Map of England

Date

c.1700

Medium

Coloured engraving

Acquisition

Presented by Dr. Peter Rusk, November 1971

GAC number

9548