12.     John Rocque II (Andrew Dury)                                                     1761

 


John Rocque died in 1762 and his business was continued by his second wife. However, in circa 1761 Rocque’s son-in-law, Andrew Dury, printed and published A Collection of Plans of the Principal Cities of Great Britain and Ireland with Maps of the Coast of the said Kingdoms[1]. These were advertised as drawn from the most accurate survey and in particular, those taken by the late Mr. J. Rocque, Topographer to His Majesty. These maps and plans included a map of Exeter (sheet 8) but at a very small scale. It has been suggested that the plans were drawn by Rocque, but that he had died before Dury produced the collection. Inspection shows that the plan might have been copied from Rocque, but the lack of quality indicates the work of others. It is also possible that the plan was used elsewhere and even issued separately[2]. 

Title: PLAN of the CITY OF EXETER 

Size: 91 x 110 mm, with two scales including 1M = 73 mm but no signature. 

The title is at the top and the two scale bars, ½ mile and feet, are bottom left. The area covered is the same as Rocque’s plan of 1744 but without the vignettes and with only a letter reference key to the principal buildings below the border.


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[1] London: Printed and Sold by A Dury in Dukes Court, St. Martins Lane.

[2] There are differently sized copies (one such measures 100 x 115 mm). Illustration Reproduced by kind permission of Devon Archives & Local Studies - SM B/EXE/1761/ROC.

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