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John Senex: A New Mapp of Rome Shewing Its Antient And Present Scituation. Most Humbly Inscribed to His Grace The Duke of Queensbury and Dover.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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John Senex  (1678–1740)  wikidata:Q3809607
 
Description British cartographer, publisher, bookseller, engraver and surveyor
Date of birth/death 1678 Edit this at Wikidata 1740 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
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artist QS:P170,Q3809607
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A New Mapp of Rome Shewing Its Antient And Present Scituation. Most Humbly Inscribed to His Grace The Duke of Queensbury and Dover.
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English: A radiant full color example of John Sennex's 1721 map of Rome. Covers the entire and part of the surrouding countryside. Identifies both modern and ancient monuments in profile. Some of these include the Coliseum, the Vatican, the Pantheon, and various other monument s, monasteries, and churches. Each corner is decorated with an engraved image of an important Roman monument, including: the Ruins of ye Amphitheater of Vespatian, St. Peter's Church & ye Pope's Pallace, Trajan's Pillar, and the pyramidal Sepulcher of Caijus Cestus. Engraved for John Sennex by John Harris and Samual Parker.
Date 1721 (undated)
Dimensions height: 20 in (50.8 cm); width: 23 in (58.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,20U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,23U218593
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