Town Plans of Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway

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Georg Braun , German, 1541-1622 and

Frans Hogenberg , Netherlandish, 1535-1590

Title

Date1618

MediumEngraving on paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 38.6 x 52.4 cm

Plate: 30.5 x 43.8 cm

Credit LinePresented, 2005

Object numberNGI.20977

DescriptionThis double folio sheet formed part of the monumental atlas Civitates Orbis Terrarum (Cities of the World), which was published by the Cologne based cartographers Braun and Hogenberg in ever larger editions between 1573 and 1617. The multi-volume atlas includes maps of more than 600 towns in the known world. It wasn’t until the sixth and final volume appeared in 1617 that an Irish plate was included. The particular layout of the Latin heading on the reverse of this sheet indicates that it was published in 1618.

ProvenancePresented, Private Collection, 2005Exhibition HistoryTaking Stock: Acquisitions 2000-2010, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 13 March 2010 - 25 July 2010