Name/Title
A. MAP OF THE ORIGINAL GRANTS OF VILLAGE LOTS FROM THE DUTCH WEST INDIA COMPANY...; B. THE DUKE'S PLAN, A DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWNE (SIC) OF MANNADOS OR NEW AMSTERDAM; C. A PLAN OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FROM AN ACTUAL SURVEYEntry/Object ID
L.2004.107 a-cDescription
a. One of three lithographed maps of New Amsterdam, pasted on paper and backed and framed with linen and attached (with L.2004.107b and L.2004.107c) to a wooden hanging rod; title appears in ornate and varied lettering in lower left corner as follows: "Map / of the / ORIGINAL GRANTS / of village lots from the / DUTCH WEST INDIA COMPANY / to the inhabitants of / NEW - AMSTERDAM, / (now NEW YORK) / lying below the present line of Wall Street. / Grants commencing A.D. 1642 / Located from historical & legal records. / by / Henry D. Tyler / 46 Wall Street / New York 1897.;" map runs from "The North River" at the upper left corner to "The Strand (Now Pearl St. (sic))" to the bottom left corner, and the "West India Company's / Garden" on the upper right to "The East River" and "Jan Jansen Damen's Farm (Now Wall St. (sic))" on the lower right; shaded outline of the tip of the island with one dock; compass situated in upper left corner; streets include "The Great Highway (Now Broadway)," "The Marketfield (Now Whitehall St. (sic))," "The Oblique Road or pathway to the Ditch and Fort Marketfield St. (sic)," "The Common Highway," " The Common Ditch," "The Old Ditch Road (Now Beaver St. (sic))," "The Sheep's Pasture (Now Broad St. (sic))," "The Shore of the East River (Now Pearl St. (sic));" properties are designated by lines and colors, including "7 6/8 Rods / Olof Stevensen Van Cortland (sic)" written horizontally with "1 7/10 R" written vertically along property edge, "9 Rods 2 feet / Olof Stevensen / Van Cortland (sic)" written horizontally with "5 Rods 4 feet" written vertically along left property edge and "6 Rods 2 feet" written vertically along right property edge, "6 Rods 9 feet / Fred.(sic) K. Philipse / 5 R. 9 ft. 4 in" written horizontally with "4 R. 10 ft.5." written vertically on left property edge, "W. I. Company / Bakery," "The Old Church / afterward Public Warehouse," "Negro's / House," "City / Hall," "Weigh- / House," "Old Church Yard," "Deacon's House / or / Poor House;" swamp, marsh; tablets of the Holland Society as follows: "Tablet Holland Society / (faded word) Bowling Green," tablet in front of "City / Hall;" properties are painted in orange, green and yellow; map has a three tiered, very ornate border with even more ornate corner designs; "46 Wall Street" is written in ink just below "Henry D. Tyler" in the title section; a piece of paper, 4 ½" x 1 ¼" is pasted just to the left of the center top of the reverse side with text that reads as follows: " No. 1. The "Dutch Map," 1642 (colored on bond paper) / This map is the first conception of property in the "Toune of / Manhattan, or New Amsterdam," lying below the present line / of Wall Street, with names of the old streets and the present / names. Location of Grantee lots with their names therein, and / location of the Tablets of the "Holland Society." Size, 19 x 24."
b. One of three lithographed maps of New Amsterdam, pasted on paper and backed and framed with linen and attached (with L.2004.107a and L.2004.107c) to a wooden hanging rod; title appears at center of left edge as follows: "The Duke's Plan / A Description of the / Towne (sic) of Mannados / Or New Amsterdam / as it was in September 1661 / Lying in Lattitude (sic) 40 de and 40 m / Anno Domini / 1664;" title is written in a variety of calligraphic styles and is framed in an ornate design with shells and water motifs as well as two child figures and two adult figures; the map horizontally depicts the extreme tip of the island of Manhattan with "Longe Isleland (sic)," with three ornate motifs, at the top and the "Hudson River" and "The Maine (sic) Land," (both written upside down and the latter with three ornate motifs) at the bottom; there is land on both top and bottom almost meeting near the upper right side with "Heads" written on each side; there are two small unnamed islands in the Hudson River; "Nictt Iland" is written on a small island near the upper right corner; vessels of varying size are in the waters; the land mass contains a layout of streets and properties but only the "Governours (sic) / Garden," "ye Governours (sic) House," "Aldertons (sic) Buildings," "Passage / Place," "Water / Mill," and the "Way / House" are named; other buildings include the fort, a windmill, houses, church, fortifications, canal; an ornate compass rose appears in the center of the map; "This Scale of Five Hundred Yeardes is for the Toune" with a colored scale appears at the lower bottom left corner; text below the title reads " In collecting materials for a Catalogue of the Maps and / Charts, etc. in the Library of the New York Historical Society, / I discovered that the M.S. of which this is a fac-similen(sic), / exists in the Geographical and Topographical Collection, / belonging to the King's library in the British Museum. / As it seems to have escaped attention hitherto, I have / ventured to claim the right of discovery and to name / it "The Duke's Plan." / New York: December, 1858 / Geo. H. Moore (in script);" the following text in script appears in the lower right corner: "British Museum November 1858 / I hereby certify that I have closely ex- / amined the copy of a map of the Town / of Mannados or New Amsterdam now in the / Library of the British Museum, and find that / it agrees in every particular with the original. / Richard Sims Manuscript Department;" map is delicately and very finely painted in gilt and watercolors of pinks, greens, blues, tan; an ornate border which includes floral motifs and human faces in each corner is itself bordered by thin black lines with a blue interior, and then a black line, a uncolored space and another thin black line. "Lith. for D.T. Valentine's Manual for 1869, by Geo. Hayward." Appears in the lower inside left corner; "Reproduced in fac-simile by Henry Dunreath Tyler, 46 Wall St., N.Y." appears in the lower left hand corner within the last set of borders; "E.C. BRIDGMAN, MAPS, NY" appears in the lower right corner within the last set of borders; a piece of paper, 5" x 1 ¼" is pasted just to the left of the center top reverse side with text that reads as follows: "No. 2. The "Dukes' Plan," 1664 (beautifully colored, han (letter missing) / painted). / A correct and exact copy of the original Map found in the / British Museum found in 1858, showing a bird's eye view of the "Toune / of Manados, or New Amsterdam in 1661." The Map was / made by a British officer before the town was captured in / 1664. The map possesses rare historical value. Size, 26x32."
c. One of three lithographed maps of New Amsterdam, pasted on paper and backed and framed with linen and attached (with L.2004.107a and L.2004.107b) to a wooden hanging rod; title appears across the top as follows: "A Plan of the City of New York from an actual Survey / Made by James Lyne;" map runs from the "North River" and the southern tip of the island to the "Harbour (sic)" at the bottom on the left side, and "Kings (sic) Farm" and "Bowling Green" at the right top to "Part of Ereh Water" and the "Swamp Meadow" at the bottom; in the top left corner area there is a decorative inset with a female figure above a coat of arms below which reads "GARDE BIEN," with a circle below that with the following text: " To His Excellency / John Montgomerie Esq. / Capt Genl & Govr in Chief / of his Majesties Provinces / of NEW YORK NEW JERSEY / This Plan of the City of / NEW YORK is humbly Dedicd / by Your Excellancys Obed / & and most humble Servt, / Wm Bradford;" two large allegorical figures, one holding a lyre and the other a spear, flank a stone construction with bears the legend of the map as follows on the left side: "A Kings Chappel (sic) built 1694 / B Kings Church built / C Old Dutch Church / D French Church / E New Dutch Church / F Presbyteriam (sic) Meeting / G Quakers Meeting / H Baptist Meeting / I Lutheran Church / K Jews (sic) Synagogue," and on the right side, "1 Govr (sic) House / 2 Secretaries (sic) Office / 3 Custom House / 4 Weigh House / 5 City Hall / 6 Byards Sugar House / 7 Exchange / 8 Fish Market / 9 Old Slip Market / 10 Meat Market / 11 Fly Market;" scale appears below "A Scale of Feet (wavy line) 660 Feet / One 8t of a Mile;" streets are named as are the "Rope Walk," "WEST WARD," "SOUTH WARD," "DOCK WARD," "NORTH WARD," "MONTGOMERIE'S WARD," "Kings (sic) Farm," and the "COMMON;" docks, slips and shipyards named; circular inset in upper right corner contains a crown, a coat of arms, two figures, one clothed and one primitive under which is written "Colt. Robt. Lurting / MAYOR / 1728;" "IGILL CIVT AT NOV EBORAC" is written upside down in the bottom section of the inset; simple circular compass in lower right corner; trees, windmill, vessels (some with people) of varying sizes, rocks and water; map is handcolored in pale greens, yellow and bright reds and bordered by a thin black line; "FACSIMILE of an original map made - 1728" appears across the center bottom just outside the border; "Reproduced by Henry Dunreath Tyler, 46 Wall St., N.Y." appears in the lower left corner outside of the border; the reverse sides shows traces of a piece of paper glued at the top center which measured 4 ¾" by 1 ¼" and the remaining portion contains text which reads "No. 3 The "Bradford Map" (section missing) / A plan of the city of New York from (section missing) / showing the growth of the city from a (section missing) / "Collect Pond" now on the present site of (section missing) / this time contained about ten thousand (section missing);" "Map 74 a, b, c" is written in red pencil on both the upper right and left top sides.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
George HaywardAttribution
ArtistManufacturer
Henry Dunreath TylerDate made
circa 1900Notes
Dates: c. 1890Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionTranscription
See descriptionDimensions
Dimension Description
cHeight
24-1/4 inWidth
33-3/8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 24 1/4 x 33 3/8 in. (61.6 x 84.8 cm)Dimension Description
bHeight
24-1/8 inWidth
33-5/8 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 24 1/8 x 33 5/8 in. (61.3 x 85.4 cm)Dimension Description
aHeight
24-1/4 inWidth
33-1/2 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 24 1/4 x 33 1/2 in. (61.6 x 85.1 cm)Material
Paper (wove), ink, GiltCondition
Notes
Remarks: a. Paper map pasted on linen with a paper frme and seperate linen frame on front and back; map section chipped and torn (though intact) and linen showing through; chips missing on top, right and bottom sides, especially in lower right corner (two chips) where the map meets the paper frame; paper frame wrinkled and chipped in many places on all four sides, with linen showing through from behind; folded linen border coming undone on right bottom and left sides with pieces also missing on all three sides; one inch vertical tear at center of bottom; left corner folded under but still intact; both front and reverse show much surface dirt, staining and foxing.
b. Paper map pasted on linen; some creases on the paper, mostly on the lower left and bottom sides; some small chips with linen showing through; some tears on the paper but no seperation except in one place just left of bottom center; linen frame (seperately glued) peeling a little bit on bottom right; surface dirt, staining and foxing, particularly on edges and linen back.
c. Paper map pasted on a paper border with linen backing and a seperate linen outer border; creases and tears along top edge from the wooden pole to which the map is attached; more creases and horizontal tears (although intact) at bottom left corner; three small creases and tears on right side; bottom has chipped paper edge, tears and the linen outer frame missing for most of the left edge in the area just right of center; much surface dirt, staining and foxing on both front and reverse sides.Relationships
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Notes
L.2004.138 a-b - Map - RelatedGeneral Notes
Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 29DNote Type
DepartmentNote
Library