An accurate map of the grand lake of Windermere,. being the largest in England, situate in Westmorland and Lancashire. P. Crosthwaite ... surveyed Windermere in March 1783 and constructed this map accordingly.
Peter Crosthwaite (1735-1808)
Category
Maps
Date
1819
Materials
Place of origin
Keswick
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048087
Summary
Bibliographic description
1 map . 21 x 41cm. . 1o.. Not identified in 1768 catalogue. Bound with 5 other maps of the Lake District by Crosthwaite.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front flyleaf: Stamford [i.e. George Harry Grey, 6th earl of Stamford (1756-1845)].. Binding: 1/4 sheep, marbled paper; vertical black spine label: 'Crosthwaite's maps'.
Makers and roles
Peter Crosthwaite (1735-1808), cartographer Harry Ashby (1744-1818), engraver (printmaker)