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The map is a copy, engraved by George Vertue in 1737, of a famous map of London from the 16th Century supposedly by Ralph Agas a known land surveyor.  The dating of the original map to 1560 and the attribuition to Agas are now both questioned.  The map shows the development of London from two separate cities of London and Westminster.  It portrays clearly the division of the power of the court in Westminster and the institutions of the City of London itself boardered by Saint Paul's and the Tower of London.  This map shows how the expanding city was beginnning to breach its old medieval walls.  The map is also full of charming incidental detail of everyday life: the swans bobbing on the river, women laying linen out to dry, farmers hunting, ship-building and driving cattle into the river.  The decsion by Vertue to engrave and publish this old map of London in the 18th century is indicative of their awareness of and interest in history.  However, there are doubts as to the honesty with which Vertue re-engraved the older map.  It has been suggested that Vertue doctored the map whilst copying it in order to make it appear older than it actually was in order to fool his antiquary contemporaries. ","physicalDescription":"Part of a map of London.  The map is drawn in a plan with elevations of houses, churches and other buildings.  The hills in the distance are drawn in perspective whilst the actual city of London itself is a plan.  Street names are included on the map.  There are many incidental details of human activity and daily life.  Boats and swans bob about on the river, people hunt and animals graze on the land.  A key to the map is included as are the coat of arms for the royal family and the city of London.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Vertue, George","id":"A8947"},"association":{"text":"Engraver","id":"x30810"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Agas, Ralph","id":"AUTH322157"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Society of Antiquaries of London","id":"C4507"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"}],"techniques":[{"text":"engraving","id":"AAT53231"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"","categories":[{"text":"Maps","id":"THES252964"},{"text":"Prints","id":"THES48903"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2010EG7297"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLF (VA)","id":"THES49656"},"free":"","case":"TOPIC","shelf":"10","box":"A"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"prints","id":"AAT41273"}],[{"text":"drawings","id":"AAT33973"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1737","earliest":"1737-01-01","latest":"1737-12-31"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"29190:2","id":"O976858"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"29190:3","id":"O976857"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"29190:4","id":"O976856"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"29190:5","id":"O976855"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"29190:6","id":"O976854"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"29190:7","id":"O976853"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"29190:8","id":"O976852"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"38","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"56.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"when joined together the map is 76cm high and 226.8cm wide ","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"This plan shows the ancient extent of the famous cities of London and Westminster as it was near the beginning of the reign of Queen Elisabeth these plates for their great scarcity are re-ingraved to oblige the curious and to hand to posterity this old prospect whereby at one vein may be seen how much was built of this populous city parts ajacent at that time.\r\nRadulphus Aggas in his Oxonicae Antiqua published A.D. 1578 says near ten years past the author made a doubt whether to print or lay this work aside until he first had London plotted out.\r\nVertue soc Antiq. 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