- Subject
- Print Collection
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Colette Hondius
- Provenance
- Presented by Lieut-Col. Melville Lee in 1957.
- Object type
- Dimensions
- Height: 430mm Width: 525mm
- Inventory No
- 31779
- Accession Number
- 1957-16
Description
Gerardus Mercator and Judocus Hondius depicted seated together either side a table, holding dividers to terrestrial globes, with scientific instruments, books, and a Mercator-projection map of Europe, inside an architectural surround, with a panel below containing identifying inscriptions and their birth and death dates etc (Mercator b.1512 and Hondius d.1612). The engraving appeared from 1613 onwards in editions of Hondius's version of Mercator's Atlas, and is usually attributed to Hondius's widow Colette Hondius.
The colouring is very faded. Crease or repaired tear down centre; mounted on card. In a simple wooden frame.
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