Accession No

3406

Brief Description

map of the Fens with shading for flooded areas, by Henricus Hondius, Dutch, 1632

Origin

Netherlands; Amsterdam

Maker

Hondius, Henricus

Class

prints; cartography

Earliest Date

1632

Latest Date

1632

Inscription Date

1632

Material

paper; card; glass; wood

Dimensions

breadth 779mm; height 649mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Sotherby’s, London, England; lot 480, 15/07/1986.

Inscription

‘A general Plott
and description of
the Fennes and sur
ounded grounds in
the sixe Counties of
Norfolke, Suffolke,
Cambridge, with in
the Isle of Ely, Hun:
tington, Northamp:
ton and Lincolne
etc.’ (cartouche on LHS)
‘Amstelodami,
Sumptibus Henrici Hondii. 1632.’ (bottom left)
‘Illustrisimis, magnificis, et generosis dominis, dominis.…
Vestris Amplitudinibus in ombinus servire paratus Henricus Hondius.’ (bottom right)

Description Notes

Map of the Fens with shading for flooded areas, by Henricus Hondius, Dutch, 1632.

‘A general Plott and description of the Fennes and surounded grounds in the sixe Counties of Norfolke, Suffolke, Cambridge, with in the Isle of Ely, Huntington, Northampton and Lincolne etc.’

Hand-coloured engraved double page print, ‘The Description of the drowned lands…’ on the riverside. Slight browning. Colouring messy in some parts.
Mounted and framed.

Condition good; complete

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