Detail View: Charting The Nation: [Detail from:] A new and correct map of the Shire of Peebles or Tweddale [1 of 1]
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Work Record ID:
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0042851
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Shelfmark:
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EMS.s.738(5)
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Holding Institution:
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National Library of Scotland
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Title:
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[Detail from:] A new and correct map of the Shire of Peebles or Tweddale
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Imprint:
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[Edinburgh?: s.n.], 1741.
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Creator:
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Cooper, Richard (b.1696, d.1764)
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Creator Role:
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Engraver
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Creator:
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Edgar, William (active Circa 1741)
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Creator Role:
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Surveyor
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Creator:
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Charles, Earl of Traquair
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Creator Role:
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Dedicatee
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Date:
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1741
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Description:
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Detail of a map of Peebles published by the surveyor William Edgar in 1741. The 'cartouche' (a decorative framed title), common on early maps, dedicates the map to Charles, Earl of Traquair, a major landowner in the Peebles area. Traquair house has been drawn as a mansion with two flanking wings. In common with many Scottish mansions, during the 17th century Traquair had been extended from a defensive tower house to a 4-storied mansion with two service wings flanking a front courtyard added. Landowners like the Earl of Traquair were among the most well-educated and sufficiently rich people who collected maps in the 17th and 18th century.
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Work Type:
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Printed map/plan
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Measurement:
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56.8 x 45.5cm (1' 10 3/8" x 1' 5 15/16")
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Material:
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Paper
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Technique:
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Hand coloured in outline
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Subject Place:
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Peebles
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Subject Place:
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Peeblesshire
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Subject Place:
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Scotland
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Subject Place:
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Traquair
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Reference:
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Moir, D.G., Early maps of Scotland, v.2, 1983, p.218.
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Rights Statement:
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© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
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Repro File Type:
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Cropped Tiff
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Repro File Size (bytes):
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50974228
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Repro Title:
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[Detail from:] A new and correct map of the Shire of Peebles or Tweddale [1 of 1]
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Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
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3510 x 4839
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Repro ID Number:
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0042851c.tif
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Repro Old ID Number:
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00000992a
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Repro Capture Date:
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02/08/2000 10:35:00
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