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Print (Engraving, Hand-Coloured) The Road from London to Aberystwyth, by Thomas Gardner, London, 1719

Inventory Number 14431


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.14431

Item type
Object
Provenance
R.T. Gunther Collection.
Primary inscriptions
Humbly Inscrib'd to the Honourable George Clerk, Esq. The Road from London to Aberistwith on the sea coast. Com Cardigan. Wherein are included the Roads to Oxford and Worcester. By Tho's Gardner. Pen annotation to bottom: Route Survey made by the Perambulator, 1719.
Physical material
Laid paper
Physical medium
Black ink
Hand-Coloured
Physical technique
Engraving
Handcolouring
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 186mm Width: 296mm
Inventory No
14431

Description

Copperplate engraving strip map of the route from London to Aberystwyth. From Thomas Gardner's small-scale edition of John Ogilby's Britannia, "The Pocket-Guide for the English Traveller", 1719. This plate, from London to Oxford, is the first of three making the route from London to Aberystwyth.