1799 Clement Cruttwell Map of Ireland
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Description: A fine 1799 map of Ireland by the English map publisher Clement Cruttwell. Map shows Ireland's four provinces, which remain the same to this day. In the north is Ulster, Connaught in the west, Leinster in the east, and Munster in the south. Leinster is comprised of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow. Munster is made up of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford. In Connaught are Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo. Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Tyrone, Cavan, Donegal, and Monaghan make up Ulster. The map also shows some major roads, river ways, mountains and other topographical features. Off the coast, Cruttwell makes note of various shoals and, just south of the island, the Nymph Bank, discovered in 1735 by Captain Doyle. Features two units of measurement in the lower-right quadrant: Irish Miles and British Statute Miles. Outline color and fine copper plate engraving in the minimalist English style prevalent in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Drawn by G. G. and J. Robinson of Paternoster Row, London, for Clement Cruttwell's 1799 Atlas to Cruttwell's Gazetteer.
Date: 1799 (dated)
Source: Cruttwell, C., Atlas to Cruttwell's Gazetteer, 1799.
Cartographer: Clement Cruttwell (1743-1808) was an English book and map publisher active in Bath and London in the late 18th and early 19th century. Cruttwell was born the son of William Cruttwell, a gentleman of Wokingham, Berkshire, England. As a young man Cruttwell was educated to be an Anglican Reverend and consequently maintained a lifelong interest in religious matters. Throughout his life, he published a number of religious works and geographical gazetteers including several focused on the British Isles and one dedicated to France. Though little is known of Cruttwell today, he was highly regarded in his own time. In his obituary, a period publication, The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure describes Cruttwell as
a gentleman whose various literary performances, for labour, extent, and utility, have rarely been equaled, and, when regarded as the productions of an unassisted valetudinarian, have perhaps never been surpassed.Cruttwell was also a known correspondent of George Washington to whom he sent his own translation of the Holy Bible, which Washington kept in his personal library until his death. Click here for a list of rare maps by Clement Cruttwell.
Size: Printed area measures 14 x 16 inches (35.56 x 40.64 centimeters)
Condition: Very good. Original centerfold. Platemark visible. Some offsetting. Moderate overall toning. Blank on verso.
Code: Ireland-cruttwell-1799 (Necessary for phone inquiries: 646-320-8650)
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