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Cartographer
Richard Forde
(British, 1674 - 1687)
Dateprinted c. 1685
MediumEngraving with hand coloring
DimensionsComposition: 18 5/8 in. × 22 in. (47.3 × 55.9 cm)
Sheet: 21 in. × 24 5/8 in. (53.3 × 62.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Beinecke Lesser Antilles Collection of Hamilton College
Object number1971.50
Not on view
DescriptionMap of the island of barbados. Copper engraving, colored. First printed 1675-76
Collections
Additional Details
Provenance
1971: Hamilton College, by gift of Walter Beinecke, Jr.
Published References
Hough, Samuel J. and Penelope R.O. Hough, THE BEINECKE LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION AT HAMILTON COLLEGE: A CATOLOGUE OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PRINTS, MAPS, AND DRAWINGS (Trustees of Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, 1994), 321, catalogue no.C3.
Inscribed
"A NEW MAP OF THE ISLAND OF BARBADOES / wherein every Parish, Plantation, Watermill, Windmill & Cattlemill, is described with the name of the Present Possessor, and all things els Remarkable according to a Late Exact Survey thereof." at upper center in typeset in black ink; "By Phillip Lea at ye Atlas & Hercules in ye Pultery ouer against ye ould Jury / And by John Sellers at his shop on the Weft side of the Royal Exchange LONDON" at lower left in typeset in black ink; "W.J. 599 Mott 1-28-63" on verso at lower right in pencil; "Mott" on verso at center left in pencil; [illeg.] C S C [circle] on vero at upper right in pencil.
Date: c. 1837
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.33
Date: c. 1835
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.35
Silvia Saunders
Date: c. 1935-1941
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1969.11.1
Bill Owens
Date: 1969-75
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.84
Bill Owens
Date: 1969-75
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.95
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
Date: 1956
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.197
Abelardo Morell
Date: 2014
Medium: Archival inkjet print
Object number: 2021.9.4
Erich Lessing
Date: 1961
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.238
René Zuber
Date: 1930s
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.107
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 5, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.137
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 16, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.268