Antique Chart of Dundee, Aberdeen and Montrose in Scotland, C.1774

€ 270

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Date: 1774
Mapmaker / artist: Captain Greenvile Collins (Artist)
Sheet size: 50 × 59 cm (19.7 × 23.2 in)
Condition: Fair
Reference: BG-00441

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

About this sheet

Antique map titled 'To the Honble the Magistrates of the Citty of Aberdeene'. Sea chart of Tay Estuary depictinging Dundee, with two further inset charts of Aberdeen and Montrose, with an attractive decorative title cartouche, numerous navigational rhumb lines and soundings.

Artists and Engravers: Captain Greenvile (or Greenville) Collins. Collins was an officer of the Royal Navy and prominent hydrographer, who was commissioned by King Charles II in 1676 and appointed by Samuel Pepys (then Secretary to the Admiralty), to chart the coasts of Great Britain.

Image size: 56 x 44 cm