John Rocque
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John Rocque (originally Jean; c. 1704–1762) was a French-born British surveyor and
Life and career
Rocque was born in France in about 1704, one of four children of a
In addition to his work as a surveyor and mapmaker, Rocque was an engraver and map seller. He was also involved in some way in gardening as a young man, living with his brother Bartholomew, who was a landscape gardener, and producing plans for
Rocque is now remembered principally for his
The map of London and his other maps brought him an appointment as
He also surveyed and published maps of Middlesex, Oxford, Berkshire, & Buckinghamshire in 1760.[1]
Time in Dublin
Rocque spent six years in Dublin (1754–60), where he produced a number of maps of the Irish capital, as well as county maps of Dublin and Armagh, city maps of Kilkenny and Cork, and a series of sumptuously illustrated manuscript surveys of the estates of the then Earl of Kildare.[2] In 1756, he published the first detailed printed map of Dublin, the 4-sheet Exact Survey of Dublin (officially entitled An Exact Survey of the City and Suburbs of Dublin in Which is Express'd the Ground Plot of all Publick Buildings Dwelling Houses Ware Houses Stables Courts Yards &c by John Rocque Chorographer to their Royal Highnesses The Late & Present Prince of Wales - 1756).[3] A detail from this map later featured on the Irish Series B ten pound banknote (1976–1993).
Rocque also covered the hinterland of Dublin in A Survey of the City Harbour Bay and Environs of Dublin, published in four sheets in 1758.[4] These extended as far as Skerries and Cardy Rocks to the north, Carton House to the west, Blessington to the south-west and Enniskerry to the south.
Personal life
Rocque married twice. His widow, Mary Ann Rocque, continued the business after his death.[5]
References
- ^ "Site name: Lodge Wood and Sandford Mill" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ISBN 978-1-904890-69-0.
- ^ "An Exact Survey of the City and Suburbs of Dublin in Which is Express'd the Ground Plot of all Publick Buildings Dwelling Houses Ware Houses Stables Courts Yards &c by John Rocque Chorographer to their Royal Highnesses The Late & Present Prince of Wales. 1756". lib.harvard.edu. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "A Survey of the City, Harbour, Bay and Environs of Dublin on the same Scale as those of London, Paris & Rome". gallica.bnf.fr. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Rocque, 1753 (Maps of IoM)". Isle-of-man.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
Further reading
- Lennon, Colm; Montague, John (2010). John Rocque's Dublin: a guide to the Georgian City. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 978-1-904890-69-0.
- Laxton, Paul (2004). "Rocque, John (1704?–1762)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37907. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Montague, John (2022). "New light on John Rocque: his career as artist-engraver and his two great city maps of London (1746) and Dublin (1756)". S2CID 250180449.
- O'Neill, Jean (1988). "John Rocque as a guide to gardens". Garden History. 16 (1): 8–16. JSTOR 1586901.
- Philips, Hugh (1952). "John Rocque's career". London Topographical Record. 20: 9–25.
- Varley, E. H. (1946). "John Rocque, the mapmaker, and his Huguenot associations". Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London. 17 (5): 457–61.
- Varley, John (1948). "John Rocque: engraver, surveyor, cartographer and map-seller". .
External links
- A detailed biography
- Rocque's map of London online
- Rocque's clickable map post-road of Europe
- Rocque's Exact Survey of Dublin 1756
- Rocque's 1758 Harbour & Environs map online
- A Set of Plans and Forts in America, Reduced From Actual Survey. John Rocque. This 1763 volume contains drawings of 29 British forts in colonial America (now Canada and the United States). Digitized by the New York State Library.