Map

Object/Artifact

Historic Charleston Foundation

Moll Map

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Name/Title

Map

Entry/Object ID

2002.001.008

Description

Hand-colored Map

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2002.001.

Source or Donor

Purchase - Various

Acquisition Method

Purchased

Credit Line

Museum Acquisition Fund

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Moll, Herman

Role

Cartographer

Artist

Bowles, Thomas

Role

Print Maker

Artist

Bowles, John

Role

Print Maker

Artist

King, L.

Role

Print Maker

Date made

1715

Place

Location

London, England

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

"A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on Ye Continent of North America" Herman Moll, Cartographer. Printed and sold by Tho. Bowles, John Bowles, and by L. King...London. Inset: A map of the Improved Part of Carolina with the Settlements &c, by Her. Moll Geographer. To the Honourable WALTER DOWGLASS, Esq...

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Map

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cartograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Walled City, Charleston (S.C.)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Old Number

Other Number

2002.1.8

Dimensions

Height

40 in

Width

23-7/8 in

Dimension Notes

Frame dimensions: H: 42" W: 26" D: .875"

Material

Paper

Colors

Color Notes

Distinctions between areas made using blue, red, yellow and green color washes.

Location

Room

104

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Room

104

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

Sarah Ferguson

Date

November 3, 2022

Location

Room

101B

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

Date

July 22, 2004

Provenance

Notes

Last Owner: Kennedy Family of Charleston Descended in the Kennedy Family of Charleston, through the Whaley family.

Exhibition

General Notes

Note Type

In-House Note

Note

Notes: Purchased from Alkyon Arts & Antiques, LLP, 120 Meeting Street, Charlestown, SC from Frederic S. LeClercq. Similar map was sold at Sotheby's, Gunston Hall Plantation Sale, Auction # N07753, 20 January 2002, for $49,625.00 to a private collector. That particular map had more coloring on inset with beavers. Catalog can be found in library in Collection Manager's office.

Created By

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Create Date

April 23, 2003

Updated By

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Update Date

May 1, 2023