The Sea of Matrimony with Principal Points of Peril for Matrimonial Mariners Fairly Well Delineated
- Title:
- The Sea of Matrimony with Principal Points of Peril for Matrimonial Mariners Fairly Well Delineated
- Alternate Title:
- The Sea of Matrimony
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Cleland, Thomas Maitland
- Date:
- 1931
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 2094.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_2094_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1920 - 1939
- Subject:
- Romance/Love/Marriage
Allegorical
Pictorial
Unusual Graphics/Text - Measurement:
- 8.5 x 12.5 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- This allegorical map of marriage by Thomas Cleland was printed on the colophon of The Colophon in 1931. Like Le Noble's "Isola del Maritaggio," ID #1048, Cleland's map emphasized the dangers of marriage, the "Points of Peril for Matrimonial Mariners." Only by navigating around and through Uncongenial Temperaments Reefs, the shallows of Uplift Bay, Cape Habit, Selfishness Rocks and Financial Straits might one reach Felicity Harbour and Blessed Isle. The heads of threatening beasts appear along the shoreline, particularly near the entrance to Financial Straits.
Thomas Maitland Cleland was a very success commercial artist. He apparently turned down an offer to license The Sea of Matrimony for reproduction "on trays, waste baskets, lamp shades, cigarette boxes, etc." See https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2013/08/20/the-sea-of-matrimony/, accessed November 1, 2016.
The collection includes a number of related maps; see Subject > Romance/Love/Marriage. Early allegorical maps of this kind were "more than oddities or simple curiosities," more than simply "reflections of contemporary views" they were "exemplary tools in the articulation of new attitudes, exposing controversial states of social awareness." Reitinger 1999, 106. See also Delaney 2012, 207-215.
Ocean voyages have often been used in allegorical mapping. See Subjects > Allegorical.
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact - Source:
- The Colophon, Part Six, 1931.
- Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.