Map of Matrimony
- Title:
- Map of Matrimony
- Alternate Title:
- Map of Matrimony
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Douw, John D. P. (John de Peyster), 1756-1835
- Date:
- 1827
- Posted Date:
- 2015-08-25
- ID Number:
- 1043.01
- File Name:
- PJM_1043_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1800 - 1869
- Materials/Techniques:
- color printing
- Subject:
- Romance/Love/Marriage
Allegorical - Measurement:
- 10.5 x 7.5 on sheet 12 x 8 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- "According to a handwritten attribution, 'this map was designed by a certain John de Peyster, the descendant of an influential New York family of Dutch origin that produced several government officials and senior military officers'. Of the known family members, the most likely creator of this map is John de Peyster Douw, a native of Albany who served the state of New York in various political and military functions. He was married three times, which certainly qualifies him for the cartographic output ascribed." (Reitinger 2008, 206. See http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/d/jdpdouw.html, accessed November 22, 2014.)
Douw's map appears to be derived from William Miller's "Map of Matrimony" c. 1810 (Baynton-Williams 2006, 197). See also Harmon 2004, 59 ("New Map of the Land of Matrimony," 1772); Post 1979, 35 ("Map of Matrimony on Mercators Projection," undated); Hill 1978, 55, 58 ("Matrimonial Map," c. 1820); Hoppen 1982, 45 ("The Voyage of Matrimony," 1826). For many other similar maps, see Reitinger 2008, 203-238, Barron, Rod, http://www.barron.co.uk/Imaginary+Maps+Pt+1/Relationships+Love+and+Matrimony, accessed November 24, 2014.
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.
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- Private Collection of PJ Mode
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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