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Plans for the Citadel at Hull
Title
Plans for the Citadel at Hull.
Production
England, 1681-1682.
Physical Description
2 maps : pen and ink and watercolor ; each sheet 39 x 42 cm
Cartographic Detail
Scale approximately 1:2,000
Notes
The map dated October 18, 1681, has Dartmouth number 40² (in ink) / vi.40.2 (in graphite). The map dated February 26, 1681/2, has Dartmouth number 31 (in ink) / vi.31 (in graphite).
Title devised by cataloger.
Scale approximated from bar scale given in feet.
Yale Center for British Art collections also include Bernard de Gomme's original plan for the Citadel at Hull (see: Folio C 2010 6f) and 13 plans for fortifications at Hull by Martin Beckman (see: Folio C 2010 6h)
Selected exhibitions: "The Mapmaker's art: 300 years of British cartography" (Yale Center for British Art, January 17-March 12, 1989).
Provenance
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.
Biographical / Historical Note
The strategic importance of the port of Hull led to the planning and construction of extensive fortifications under Charles II and James II. The engineer in charge of the works at Hull was Sir Martin Beckman (d. 1702), "second engineer" of Great Britain under Sir Bernard de Gomme.
Summary
Two nearly identical manuscript plans for the Citadel at Hull. The first is dated October 18, 1681; the second, February 26, 1681/2. The plans depict a triangular fort at the confluence of the Hull and Humber rivers, on the east bank of the Hull. Insets in the upper right corner of each provide a small drawing of an unidentified church -- presumably St. Peter's Church, in Drypool. Both plans are signed "CR" i.e., King Charles II. Despite the signature of Charles II, the plans are likely the work of Sir Martin Beckman.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2017
References
Skelton, R. "The Royal map collections of England." In Imago mundi, vol. 13 (1956), p. 181-183
Wallis, H. "The Royal map collections of England." In Revista da Universidade de Coimbra, vol. XXVIII (1980), p. 466-467
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Maps - England - Hull.
Ink drawings.
Watercolors.
Also listed under
BAC Folio C 2010 6g Exhibited in: Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
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