Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Beckman, Martin, -1702
Title:
The groundplott of Bouche de Vale on the N.W. side of Guarnsey / M. Beckman.
Published / Created:
1690
Physical Description:
1 map : pen and ink and watercolor ; 43 x 111 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
Notes:
Provenance: From the collection of George Legge, first Baron Dartmouth, 1648-1691 (see Sotheby's sale, March 8-10, 1948). Baron Dartmouth was Master-General of the Ordnance to Charles II and James II. His collection of maps was partly abstracted from Royal map collections, an arrangement described by Pepys in Bodleian Library MS Rawl. A. 171, 17r-20v. See also Skelton and Wallis. The map is numbered "21" in black ink, "vi.21" in graphite.
Subject Terms:
Fortification -- Great Britain. | Guernsey. | Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603–1714. | Great Britain -- Defenses.
Form/Genre:
Maps -- England -- Guernsey. | Ink drawings. | Watercolors.
Contributors:
Dartmouth, George Legge, Baron, 1648–1691, former owner.