Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Isaac Johnson, 1754–1835, British
Title:
A Map of Redenhall Farm or Clyntegate Farm
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and watercolor on vellum
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 × 22 1/2 inches (38.1 × 57.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Extensively lettered in pen and brown ink, beginning upper center: "A MAP OF REDENHALL FARM | OR CLYNTEGATE FARM"; lower left: "A | Scale | of eighty | Perches | or two | Furlongs"; lower right: "THE TABLE" followed by survey totals; lower center: "Explanations to this, & the subsequent maps. The Technography of the houses is coloured with red. The outside Fences which belong | to the Estates are coloured with yellow on the outside, & within with green. Cart roads are | decrib'd by two, & foot paths by one, black prickt line: Procefsion ways by a whole, & rid- | ing ways by a prickt red line. Oak trees are colour'd with green, ash with yellow. | Ditches are coloured with blue. And gateways are reprefented by a break in the line."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.2.719
Classification:
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
surveys | designs | architectural subject | house
Associated Places:
England | United Kingdom | Norfolk | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:71695