Kyngeston vpon Hvll, [circa 1642, with manuscript revisions circa 1681].

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Kyngeston vpon Hvll, [circa 1642, with manuscript revisions circa 1681].

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Engraved aerial view of the city of Hull (circa 1642), with additions in pen and black ink. The engraved portion includes a bird's-eye view of the city, together with a view (across the top) of the city as seen from the Humber estuary, and a small inset map of the region surrounding Hull, including parts of Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, and Nottinghamshire. Both views of Hull offer detailed depictions of city buildings, along with the two forts guarding the harbor and a number of ships on the Humber. The manuscript additions are made in pen and ink, probably by Sir Martin Beckman (d. 1702), the engineer in charge of the improvements at Hull in 1681-1682. The revisions are drawn directly on the sheet of paper to which the engraving is mounted; the lower portion of the engraving (not mounted) may be lifted up to reveal the proposed fortification changes underneath.

1 engraved view : ill. ; 31 x 30 cm.

Yale Center for British Art

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Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677

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The seaport of Hull was an important 17th century English bulwark against naval attack or incursions of Scottish armies. After Hull turned against Charles I in 1640, the King twice (without success) beseiged the town in 1642, the likely year of issue of the present print. Cf. Parry. From the description of Kyngeston vpon Hvll, [circa 1642, with manuscript revisions circa 1681]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702198986 Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) set the standard of artisti...

Beckman, Martin, -1702

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