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The Castell Perrott placed uppon the rocke cauled the stacke.

circa 1600

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The Castell Perrott placed uppon the rocke cauled the stacke, England, circa 1600, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.




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  • Title(s)

    The Castell Perrott placed uppon the rocke cauled the stacke.

  • Published/Created

    England, circa 1600.

  • Physical Description

    1 map : pen and ink and watercolor ; sheet 31 x 41 cm

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Folio C 2010 5h
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Maps & Atlases (manuscript)

  • Scale

    Scale not given

  • Notes

    Within black border. Mounted on cloth.
    Provenance: From the collection of George Legge, first Baron Dartmouth, 1648-1691 (see Sotheby's sale, March 8-10, 1948). Baron Dartmouth was Master-General of the Ordnance to Charles II and James II. His collection of maps was partly abstracted from Royal map collections, an arrangement described by Pepys in Bodleian Library MS Rawl. A. 171, 17r-20v. See also Skelton and Wallis. The map is numbered "51a" in the Dartmouth collection.
    Skelton, R. "The Royal map collections of England." In Imago mundi, vol. 13 (1956), p. 181-183
    Wallis, H. "The Royal map collections of England." In Revista da Universidade de Coimbra, vol. XXVIII (1980), p. 466-467
    Manuscript plan depicting a triangular fort built around a "stack" (a small offshore island). A dozen cannons are depicted. At each corner of the fort is a flag bearing the Cross of Saint George. The location of the fort is unclear. The castle is probably named after Sir John Perrott (1528-1592), who served as lord deputy of Ireland to Queen Elizabeth. Perrott's son, Sir Thomas Perrott, married Dorothy Devereux, sister of Robert Devereux, who from 1597 to 1601 served as Master-General of the Ordnance to Queen Elizabeth.
  • Subject Terms

    Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565–1601. |
    Fortification -- Great Britain. |
    Great Britain -- Defenses. |
    Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1485–1603. |
    Perrot, John, Sir, approximately 1527–1592.

  • Form/Genre

    Ink drawings. | Maps -- England. | Views -- England. | Watercolors.

  • Contributors

    Dartmouth, George Legge, Baron, 1648–1691, former owner.

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