Survey of Dublin, Co. Dublin
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An ancient map of a much smaller Dublin as photographed by Lawrence. The north side appears to have been the poor relation even back then.
With thanks to today's contributors, and following from a previous posting of the original image on our other Flickr stream we know that while Lawrence photographed this map in the late 19th or early 20th century, it was drawn by James Malton in the 1780s or 90s, and based on an earlier survey by John Speed in 1610.
Malton (1761–1803) is perhaps best known for his "Views of Dublin", but what Lawrence captured here was a folio Malton created that was included in the book "History of the City of Dublin: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time"....
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: between ca. 1865-1914
NLI Ref: L_CAB_03374
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Source: Flickr Commons
Views: 20866
With thanks to today's contributors, and following from a previous posting of the original image on our other Flickr stream we know that while Lawrence photographed this map in the late 19th or early 20th century, it was drawn by James Malton in the 1780s or 90s, and based on an earlier survey by John Speed in 1610.
Malton (1761–1803) is perhaps best known for his "Views of Dublin", but what Lawrence captured here was a folio Malton created that was included in the book "History of the City of Dublin: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time"....
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: between ca. 1865-1914
NLI Ref: L_CAB_03374
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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National Library of Ireland on The Commons
It is with great pleasure I add the following photo to our 50,000+ Views album, regular contributors will know that the title “Back to work” refers to the time a little over a year ago when we started to post to this stream again. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/16038214197/in/album-72157651136879037/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/sets/72157651136879037
DannyM8
It is surprising so many streets still hold the same name.
BeachcomberAustralia
There is another map of Dublin, also dated 1610 (why - what was going on then?) available via wikipedia. Interesting to spot the differences - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dublin_in_1610_-_reprint_of_18... From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Dublin
BeachcomberAustralia
"London. Published by James Malton for his History of Dublin 1792" at bottom centre. The plot thickeneth ...
sharon.corbet
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Iwas going to suggest it was something like that - a later drawn map showing Dublin as it was in 1610 rather than a map from 1610.
sharon.corbet
Here it is in a History of Dublin.
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S. also www.flickr.com/photos/yournlireland/8680476422/ James Malton (1761–1803), Irish engraver and watercolourist en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Malton
Niall McAuley
Dublin castle, the walled city of Dublin, both the Cathedrals and even the "black pool" from which it got its name (maybe!) are all on the South side.
O Mac
John Speed (1552 – 28 July 1629) has to have been the original cartographer. There are too many similarities to be otherwise. Speeds 1610 Map of Dublin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Speed#/media/File:Dublin_in_16...
sharon.corbet
In case any one else was wondering about "Carey's Hospital", it later became Chichester House and was replaced by the Houses of Parliament / Bank of Ireland Building.
Carol Maddock
Here's the Mega Zoomable (patent still pending) of the map in the catalogue at Library Towers, and it appeared on our "other" Flickr a few years back...
John W Morton
"the poor relation"!?! - no need to put the Northside down, NLI - we are all fellow Dubliners and equal people of Ireland.
johnspragg2210
love these old maps!
guliolopez
Woohoo! Some of my favorites get a mention today - From John Speed to Wally McGrath :) One of the interesting things about this map (which is definitely by Malton and based on Speed's earlier work) is what's happening around Wood Quay and Winetavern Street. It's more obvious in the zoomable version, but there is a comparative "sparseness" of houses between Winetavern St, Fishamble St and Wood Quay. It's suggested that this sparseness in Speed's map is attributable to the HUGE gunpowder explosion which destroyed all the buildings around there just a decade or so before Speed's survey....
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Great stuff - Thanks all! Location, description, etc all updated :)
BeachcomberAustralia
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
I have just added the following photo to our 50,000+ Views Album. This is the 150th addition to the album, it picked up all the views in less than 48 hours, compliments of Flickr Explore. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/25340935660 https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/sets/72157651136879037
Reconstructing Light
Not much has changed......much ;-)