A Chart Showing the Sea Coast of England and Wales, with ye Fortifications, Royal Docks, Harbours, Sands, &c
Artist
Thomas Badeslade
(1719 - 1750 England)
Artist
William Henry Toms
(1700 - 1765 England)
Date1741
Mediumengraving on paper
Dimensions6 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (17.1 × 17.1 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation from the Lucia v.B. Batten Estate
Object numberPC2020.51.57
DescriptionThis small map of England, with yellow border and thin black line around the coast, focuses not on the major towns and landmarks, but the coast of the country. The towns, harbors, and docks along the coast are labeled. The map has a thin frame around it and a white border. In the upper left corner of the map, inside a frame and with a light red background, it says, "A CHART Showing the/SEA COAST of/ENGLAND & WALES,/with ye Fortifications, Royal/Docks, Harbours, Sands &c." There is a compass rose in the upper right corner of the map. At the lower left corner, just outside the frame of the map, it says, "J. Badeslade delin." Outisde the frame of the map, in the center, it says, "Publish'd by the Proprietors J. Badeslade &c WHToms Sept. 29th, 1741." At the lower right corner, just outside the frame of the map, it says, "WHToms Sculpt."On View
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