An exact survey of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, with the country near ten miles round;. begun in 1741, finished in 1745, and publish'd in 1746, according to Act of Parliament,. by John Rocque, [...] engrav'd by Richard Parr, and printed by W. Pratt. Sold by the proprietor John Rocque, next the Duke of Grafton's Head, in Hyde-Park-Road, the bottom of Piccadilly, and at the print shops in London and Westminster, price two guineas in sheets. Urbium maxime insignium Londini et Westmonasterii, nec non municipii sudovercencis. Regionumque ad decem quasi milliaria cicumjacentium, delineatio ichnographica anno 1741 incohata, 1745 absoluta a Johanne Rocque, [...]. Carte topographique des villes de Londres, Westminster, et bourg de Southwark, et de leurs environs levée trés exactement sur les lieux, en 1741, achevée en 1745, et publiée selon un Acte de Parlement en 1746.. Par Jean Rocque.
John Rocque (c.1709-1762)
Category
Maps
Date
1746
Materials
Paper, Linen, Wood
Measurements
211 x 281 cm
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3252094
Summary
Bibliographic description
1 map; [4]p.[16] plates (folding). fol. Mounted on linen with protective green silk edging sewn onto the short sides, mounted on hardwood batons nailed to the long upper and lower edges. Listed in 1758 inventory as on display in the Centre Gallery (now the Stamford Gallery).
Makers and roles
John Rocque (c.1709-1762), cartographer Parr, Richard, engraver (printmaker)