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Description: | Ink on paper. Monochrome. Map of route from Nottingham to Grimsby in 6 strips. Each strip is drawn to look like part of a scroll of paper. Nottingham is at the bottom left hand corner, Grimsby at the top right. The front surfaces of the extended scroll from the 6 vertical strips across the map. Full time - centre top: "The Road from // NOTTINGHAM to GRIMSBY // in the Count of Lincolne. // By JOHN OGILBY Esq. his Maties Cosmographr // Containing 67 Miles 2 furl vizt // From Nottingham to N Wark.17.1 to the City of // Lincolne 14.6.to Wilton 6.4. to Market Raisin 9.4 // to Stanton: in the Hole 5.5 to Briggesley 7.4 // And to: Grimsby 5.4" The title is inset at the top - below it left and right is a vignette as a hunting scene, with one man on horseback, two others on foot, and dogs and birds. In the centre just below the title are royal [?] arms surmounted by a crown. Reverse - museum stamp with acc no in ink in the centre. Front b.r in pencil "1675" Also museum stamp bottom right.
Edge damaged signs of a mend down centre back
Accession number: NCM 1917-139 | Subjects: | topography Nottingham and Notts. | Temporal: | 1675 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | by Ogilby/John | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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