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Herman Moll  (1654–1732)  wikidata:Q1610319
 
Herman Moll
Alternative names
Moll, Hermann
Description British cartographer, engraver and publisher
Date of birth/death circa 1654
date QS:P,+1654-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
22 September 1732 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Unknown placeUnknown place London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q1610319
Title
Venus
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English: A depiction of the nude female statue discovered in 1714 in the Southbroom Hoard near Devizes, Wiltshire, from the figures decorating the margins of Moll's map of "Dorset Shire" (Dorset), the fifth in his Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales... The figure was placed on the map of a different county for want of room. Moll copied the figure's appearance and identification from Musgrave's 1719 account of the hoard. This statue is now lost, while others from the hoard are held by the British Museum. Musgrave identified it as Figure 1 (M1) while Durham categorized it as #375. Scholars continue to classify it as Venus, Aphrodite, or a Gallo-Roman equivalent via Interpretatio Graeca or Romana, with similiar figures making the 2nd most common surviving statuary of goddesses from the era. The figure of a partially or fully nude Venus attempting to cover herself before a viewer is known as a Venus Pudica. The missing arm would probably have been attempting to cover her genitals.


Notes: These Houshold Gods in number 19 with a Medal of Alexander Severus were found at the Devizes An. 1714 and are supposed to have been bury'd there in 234. the Rest for want of Room are placed in Dorset and Hampshires yat are barren of Antiquities; we being unwilling to omit such great Curiosities.

London: Sold by H. Moll over-against Devereux-Court in the Strand; Tho. Bowles, Print and Map-Seller near the Chapter-House in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and J. Bowles Print and Map-Seller over-against Stocks-Market. 1724.


Français : Sujet : Antiquités romaines

Amphithéâtres Divisions politiques et administratives Dorset, Comté de -- Divisions politiques et administratives Échelle(s) : 10 English Miles [= 4,2 cm] Référence bibliographique : 173 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : AnvilEur Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : MAEDI008 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire : MAEDIGen0 Couverture : Royaume-Uni – Angleterre – Dorset

Langue : anglais
Date 1724
date QS:P571,+1724-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Full page: height: 33 cm (12.9 in); width: 21 cm (8.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,33U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,21U174728

Statue: height: 158 mm (6.22 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,158U174789
institution QS:P195,Q193563
References
English:
Français : Notice de recueil : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40577015h

Appartient à : Collection d'Anville ; 02140

Notice du catalogue : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb412472690
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Français : Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Cartes et plans, GE DD-2987 (2140)
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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