1689 ALLARD, Carel
Carel
Allard (1648 - 1709) was the son of mapmaker and engraver Hugo (Huych) Allard.
Carel became an art dealer, cartographer and engraver initially publishing maps
from his father's stock from premises at op den Dam in Calverstraat. He
took over his father´s business in 1691. Shirley lists four maps of the British
Isles although much of Allard´s stock was work by others. He passed his
copperplates to his son Abraham (1676-1725) prior to going bankrupt in 1706,
but Covens and Mortier seem to have acquired the stock of the business c. 1730.[1]
Carel
Allard's 1689 map is centred on England and Wales, but the map includes the
east coast of Ireland, the southern border region of Scotland, and the coast of
France and Flanders across the English Channel. The relative size of towns is
indicated with symbols listed in a key; there are also symbols for colleges,
bishoprics, archbishoprics, and high roads. Despite roads being shown only two
roads converge onto Exeter and then the road proceeds only as far as Plymouth,
i.e. no roads in Cornwall. Hadrian's wall, spanning from Newcastle to Carlisle,
is marked at the southern extreme, here named 'The Pictes Wall.'
The
cartouche was executed by Philip Tideman (1657-1705), a Hamburg-born painter
who worked in Amsterdam and engraved by Gilliam van der
Gouwen, (c. 1657 - March 15, 1716), a Flemish engraver active in the
Netherlands. He is known for engravings and various title pages, maps and
illustrations produced in Amsterdam. The cartouche is a celebration of the
Glorious Revolution of 1688-89, which resulted in the accession of William III,
Prince of Orange, and his wife Mary II to the British throne. The cartouche is
surmounted by William's royal arms as King of England, the arms are accompanied
by England's lion and unicorn.
This map was engraved for Carel Allard for inclusion in his atlases. The plate was eventually acquired by Amsterdam publishers Covens and Mortier, who replaced Allard's imprints throughout with their own but made no further changes to the work; they kept it in print as late as the 1740s.
Regni Angliæ et Walliæ Principatus
Tabula : divisa in LII regiones, Anglice Shire dictas … præ cœteris correcta et
edita … Per Carolum Allard Amstelo-Batavium. Cum Privil. Potentiss D. D.
Ordinum Hollandie & Westfrisie.
Title in attractive cartouche
with signatures hidden in clouds, P. Tiedeman inv., G.v.d. Gouwen sculp.,
below scenes which include Queen Mary seated on the right and King William III,
as Roman warrior, standing to her right. This dates the map to post-1688. Further
note at bottom of map: tot Amsteldam, by Carolus Allard, op den Dam: met
Priv. van de Ed. Gr. Mog. Heeren Staaten van Holland en Westvriesland. Size: 500 mm x 590 mm. (BL in atlas of Allard maps, Dü illustrated[2]).
State 2
Per Carolum Allard
Amstelo-Batavium. Second imprint
altered to read: tot Amsteldam, by Joannes Covens en Cornelis Mortier met
Priv. van de Ed. Gr. Mog. Heeren Staaten van Holland en Westvriesland. (P, on sale at Götzfried Vintage Maps October 2024,
illustrated).
Courtesy of Götzfried Vintage Maps (October 2024)
State 3[4]
Name in title altered to: Regni
Angliæ et Walliæ Principatus Tabula : divisa in LII regiones, Anglice Shire
dictas … præ cœteris correcta et edita per I. Covens et C. Mortier. Second
imprint reads: tot Amsteldam, by Joannes Covens en Cornelis Mortier met
Priv. van de Ed. Gr. Mog. Heeren Staaten van Holland en Westvriesland. (BL, Leiden[5], Dü, Bern illustrated).
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[1] Based on notes provided by Geographicus Rare Antique
Maps and Shirley entry The Allard Family. The four maps are Allard 1
1657, 2 1665, 3 1689 (described) and 4 1690.
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