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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0043954
Shelfmark:
RHP10816
Holding Institution:
National Archives of Scotland
Title:
The Plan of Edenburgh Exactly done From the Original of ye famous D. Witt
Creator:
Bowles, John (b.1701, d.1779)
Creator Role:
Engraver
Creator:
Gordon, James (b.1615?, d.1686)
Creator Role:
Draughtsman
Creator:
Wit, Frederick de (b.1610, d.1698)
Creator Role:
Engraver
Creator:
Johnston, Andrew (active 1700-1714)
Creator Role:
Engraver
Creator:
Lockhart, George, Laird of Carnwath (b.1681, d.1731)
Creator Role:
Dedicatee
Date:
1647-1814
Description:
This particular version of these views and plan of Edinburgh has a somewhat complicated history. The plan and views shown here are substantially of early eighteenth century Edinburgh as originally engraved by Andrew Johnston between 1708 and 1714, who dedicated the whole to George Lockhart, Laird of Carnwath, and the MP for Edinburgh between 1708 and 1714. Johnston sold it at 'ye Golden Eagle in Old Round Court in ye Strand', London. The words 'From the Original of ye famous D. Witt' in the title, refer to Frederick de Wit (1610-1698), who in Amsterdam, between 1647 and 1690, engraved a plan of Edinburgh from an original draught done in 1647, at the behest of the Edinburgh Town Council, by James Gordon, Minister of Rothiemay. This engraving done by Andrew Johnston for George Lockhart uses James Gordon's plan, but has updated its features to early eighteenth century Edinburgh. The sheet also has three views of Edinburgh, not on Gordon's plan. However, this sheet has the imprint 'Printed for, and Sold by Tho. Millward & Bis. Dickinson at Inigo Jones Head next the Globe Tavern in Fleet Street', which means that it is the version engraved by John Bowles, who was publishing around the same time, and died in 1779. There is another copy of this edition of this map in images 0002233-2234, which is in bad condition, with pieces missing from both sides.
Work Type:
Printed map/plan
Measurement:
52.7 x 115cm (1' 8 3/4" x 3' 9 1/4")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Uncoloured
Subject Place:
Edinburgh
Subject Place:
Midlothian
Subject Place:
Scotland
Reference:
Cowan, William, The Maps of Edinburgh 1544-1929, (Edinburgh, 1932), pp.27-9.
Rights Statement:
Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Derivative JPEG
Repro File Size (bytes):
117865620
Repro Notes:
right half
Repro Title:
The Plan of Edenburgh Exactly done From the Original of ye famous D. Witt [2 of 2]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0043954c-0001.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00002273
Repro Capture Date:
21/02/2001

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The Plan of Edenburgh Exactly done From the Original of ye famous D. Witt [2 of 2]