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Subject(s)

• Cityscapes—Philippines—Manila—Pictorial works—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manila (Philippines)—Pictorial works—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Artist

• Fernández de Roxas, Antonio, 1671-1729 [Browse]

Portrayed

• Valdés Tamón, Fernando, 1681-1741 [Browse]

Dedicatee

• Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746 [Browse]

Former owner

• George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 [Browse]

Donor

• George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 [Browse]

Summary note

Bird's-eye view of Manila, with Binondo, La Estacada and Pasig River on the left, town within fortified walls in the middle, and cultivated land on the right, below title within engraved cartouche decorated with Royal arms, lions and boys blowing trumpets on the left, portrait of Marshal Fernando Valdés offering the view to the King within ornamental frame in the middle, and explanatory text within cartouche decorated with garlands of fruit and flowers under the coat of arms of Manila on the right. Printed on two sheets assembled together.

Notes

María Lourdes Díaz-Trechuelo Spínola believed that the print could have been published in Mexico, rather than in Manila. This author suggested a date between 1715 and 1718 for the drawing after which the print was made. The title cartouche in Maps K. Top. 116.40. has been extensively re-worked, but the date of an earlier state published in 1717 is still visible.

Provenance

Digital reproduction of physical item held by the British Library.

References

• British Museum, Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc
• Díaz-Trechuelo Spínola, M.L., Antonio Fernandez de Roxas y su "Topographia de la Ciudad de Manila", in Anuario de Estudios Americanos, vol. 15, 1958, 225-271

Other title(s)

Topography of the City of Manila: Capital of the Philippine Islands, founded in [the island of] Luzon, New Kingdom of Castile, dedicated to Our Lord the King D. Felipe V (may God guard Him) by Field Marshal D. Fernando Valdes Tamon, Governor and Captain General of these Islands and President of their Royal Audience and Chancery.

OCLC

862748076

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