Plan of the Seven Marshland Townships by Unknown Artist

Plan of the Seven Marshland Townships by Unknown Artist, 1582

© British Library

Details

Medium:

Ink & colours on parchment

Dimensions:

69 x 83 cm

Art Fund grant:

£3,500 ( Total: £14,000)

Acquired in:

1992

Vendor:

Christie's

One of the earliest known large-scale local English maps drawn to a stated scale. The map, which depicts King's Lynn and Wisbech, is the earliest surviving measured map of this region.

Provenance

Mr Charles Lynn.