Map of Cheshire
Peter Perez Burdett (1733-1793)
Category
Maps
Date
1790 (circa)
Materials
Linen and paper
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 936802
Summary
Linen-backed, paper map of Cheshire with a plan of the city of Chester, by P.P. Burdett. Mostly black and white but with yellow/brown boundary highlights; unvarnished and not attached to a frame or roller; in good condition. See DUN/F/627a,b,c,d,e,j and DUN/D/659 for identical maps of Cheshire and Chester by P.P. Burdett (differing only in colour and annotations).
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Makers and roles
Peter Perez Burdett (1733-1793), mapmaker