Adam's Christmas Art & Literature 13 December 2016 : Click Lot Title for More Info

Chart of St. George’s Channel

This is a loose chart, considerably modified from Lewis Morris’s

chart of 1748 covering the same area, which was published in

1800.

It shows the Irish coast from Carnsore Point, county Wexford, to

Lambay Island, county Dublin, as well as the British coast from

north Somerset and Cardiff to Formby, Lancashire. The title in the

centre right, unframed, reads “To the Right Honourable the Lords

Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of

Great Britain, Ireland, &c. This Chart of St. George’s Channel &c.

Surveyed under their Lordships’ direction by the late Lewis Morris

Esqr. which is now extended by an Actual Survey (the whole

Corrected & much Improved) from Liverpool to Cardiff in the

Bristol Channel; is by Permission most respectfully dedicated by

their Lordships’ obedient humble servant William Morris”. Below

the lower margin is “Published 25th Novr. 1800 by Willm. Morris.

Engraved by Wm. Simpkins, Clements Inn”. Below this is an expla-

nation of symbols and below it, unframed, is “A Scale of Leagues

10 [= 147 mm.]”. There is one compass rose showing north to

the top and there are scales of latitude and longitude (W. from

London) along all four borders. 780 x 885mm.

Provenance: The Richard S.J. Clarke Collection

€ 150 - 250

Chart of the South-East Coast of Ireland

This is the second in the Grierson edition of Irish charts from

The English Pilot, Southern Navigation, published in Dublin in

1730. The large inset which is a feature of this chart, is based

on Greenvile Collins’ Chart of Dublin Bay, published in 1693.

535 x 440 mm.

Provenance: The Richard S.J. Clarke Collection

€ 100 - 200