A New Map of Europe

Michael Burghers (1647/8 - 1727)

Coloured engraving

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection
  • About the artist
    Engraver and draughtsman Michael Burghers was born in Amsterdam and apprenticed to an engraver from a young age. He left the Netherlands soon after 1672 and spent much of his life working for the University of Oxford, where he established a virtual monopoly on engraving. After the death of artist and engraver David Loggan in 1692, Burghers succeeded him as ‘calcographus academicus’. He produced plates depicting a wide range of subjects, including natural history specimens, antiquities, maps and portraits. He also designed and engraved most of the plates for the Oxford almanacks, from the first edition in 1676 to 1719. His eyesight declined in the final years of his life, impeding his ability to work.
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    Places
    North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Europe
    Subjects
    map (as Subject), coat of arms
    Materials & Techniques
    engraving, coloured engraving
  • Details
    Artist
    Michael Burghers (1647/8 - 1727)
    Title
    A New Map of Europe
    Date
    Medium
    Coloured engraving
    Acquisition
    Presented by Dr. Peter Rusk, November 1971
    GAC number
    9549