The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
John Tradescant, the Younger (4 Aug 1608 [bap.] - 22 Apr 1662)
In his list and notes on early modern collectors, Emanuel Mendes da Costa notes with surprise that Charles de l'Écluse in his Exoticorum libri decem mentions Sir Francis Drake as a collector and "curious person", but not Raleigh, Bacon, or the Tradescants. For his own part, da Costa provides this citation: "John Tradescant; for an account of him, his tomb, &c. &c. see Philosophical Transactions, vol. LXIII. pp. 1. 79, art. 12, by Dr. Andrew Ducarel" (205). Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27655?docPos=2 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tradescant_the_Younger BotanistCollector (major)
Relevant locations: Housed collection or remnant at Tradescant's garden, The Ark
Housed collection or remnant at South Lambeth Road, Lambeth
Lived at or near South Lambeth Road, Lambeth
Place of display (non-collection) at The Ark, South Lambeth Road
Relationships: John Tradescant, the Younger was a associate or acquaintance (general) of William Courten (-1655)
John Tradescant, the Younger was a husband of Hester Tradescant (-1678)
John Tradescant, the Younger was a member of Tradescanti (-)
Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) was a visitor to the collection of John Tradescant, the Younger
Mary Ashmole (1597-1668) was a visitor to the collection of John Tradescant, the Younger
Mark Cottle (-1682) was a friend of John Tradescant, the Younger
William Courten (28 Mar 1642-26 Mar 1702) was a unspecified to John Tradescant, the Younger
Emmanuel de Critz (25 Sep 1608-2 Nov 1665) was a employed by John Tradescant, the Younger
Thomas de Critz (1 Jul 1607-22 Oct 1653) was a employed by John Tradescant, the Younger
Roger Friend (-) was a donor to John Tradescant, the Younger
Thomas Herbert (1606-1682) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of John Tradescant, the Younger
Wenceslaus Hollar (13 Jul 1607- 25 Mar 1677) was a friend of John Tradescant, the Younger
Ralph Johnson (1629-1695) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of John Tradescant, the Younger
William Laud (1573-1645) was a neighbour of John Tradescant, the Younger
Alexander Marshal (1620-7?-1682) was a great-uncle of John Tradescant, the Younger
Alexander Marshal (1620-7?-1682) was a source of object(s) for John Tradescant, the Younger
Georg Christoph Stirn (1616-1669) was a visitor to the collection of John Tradescant, the Younger
Walter Stonehouse (c. 1597-17 Jul 1655) was a friend of John Tradescant, the Younger
John (grandson) Tradescant (1633-1652) was a son of John Tradescant, the Younger
John, the Elder Tradescant (c.1570s-c.15 Apr 1638) was a father of John Tradescant, the Younger
Thomas Wharton (1614-1673) was a friend of John Tradescant, the Younger
Thomas Wharton (1614-1673) was a visitor to the collection of John Tradescant, the Younger
John Wieldes (-) was a source of object(s) for John Tradescant, the Younger
Linked manuscripts: as Subject of/in a work of art - PL 2972 / 226, Magdalene College (Cambridge),
Linked manuscript items: as Collector (major) - "Itinerarium Mundii [The travel journal of Peter Mundy]," Bodleian Library Rawlinson A 315, Oxford University
as Collector (minor) - "[A note by Anthony Wood about Tradescant]," Bodleian Library Wood E 32, Oxford University
as Collector (minor) - "[Confession of Hester Tradescant]," Bodleian Library Rawlinson D 912, Oxford University
as Collector (minor) - "The Book of the Dean of Christ Church (1684-90)," Ashmolean Library AMS 8 (The Book of the Dean of Christ Church), Ashmolean Museum
as Collector (minor) - "[The Vice-Chancellor's Consolidated Catalogue 1695]," Ashmolean Museum [The Vice-Chancellor's Consolidated Catalogue], Oxford
as Subject of/in a work of art - "[A note by Anthony Wood about Tradescant]," Bodleian Library Wood E 32, Oxford University
as Visited - "[Stirn, Travel Diary]," British Library Additional MS B 67, London
Linked print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Musæum Tradescantianum: or, A collection of rarities preserved at South-Lambeth neer London, by John Tradescant.
as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Musaeum Tradescantianum; or, a collection of rarities preserved at South-Lambeth neer London.
as Collector (major) - [Appendix to a review of K. H. Schaible, Geschichte der Deutschen in England. Strassburg: Trübner, 1885].
as Collector (major) - Musaeum Tradescantianum; or, a collection of rarities preserved at South-Lambeth neer London.
as Collector (minor) - A Catalogue of the Ashmolean Museum, descriptive of the Zoological Specimens, Antiquities, Coins, and Miscellaneous Curiosities.
as Collector (minor) - Early Science in Oxford. Vol. 3.
as Collector (minor) - Geschichte der Deutschen in England von den ersten germanischen ansiedlungen in Britannien bis zum ende des 18. jahrhunderts..
as Collector (minor) - Herrick, Hollar, and the Tradescants: Piecing Together a Seventeenth-Century Triptych .
as Collector (minor) - The Tradescant Ark.
as Collector (minor) - William Camden and Early Collections of Roman Antiquities in Britain.
as Mentioned or referenced by - A new discovery of the old art of teaching schoole.
as Mentioned or referenced by - Notices and Anecdotes of Literati, Collectors, &c. from a MS. by the late Mendes De Costa, and Collected Between 1747 and 1788.
as Mentioned or referenced by - The savage and modern self: North American Indians in eighteenth-century British literature and culture.
as Mentions or references - 'The Exactness and Nicety of Those Things': Sir John Reresby's Garden Notebook and Garden (1633-44) at Thrybergh, Yorkshire.
as Subject of/in a document - Consuming Splendor: Society and Culture in Seventeenth-Century England.
as Subject of/in a document - Curiosities and Texts: The Culture of Collecting in Early Modern England.
as Subject of/in a document - Musæum Tradescantianum: or, A collection of rarities preserved at South-Lambeth neer London, by John Tradescant.
as Subject of/in a document - The John Tradescants: Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen .
as Subject of/in a work of art - An Outline of the History of the de Critz Family of Painters.
as Subject of/in a work of art - The Oxford cabinet, consisting of engravings from original pictures, in the Ashmolean Museum, and other public and private collections; with biographical anecdotes, by John Aubrey, F.R.S. and other celebrated writers.
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References in Documents:
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an English Lord obtained, and (as is reported)
presented it to
FrenchKing
Rarity in Nature, and received with no less Ad
miration
was Nine Inches long, and two Inches about;
it is much valued for the Novelty, a greater than
any
est Traveller can with truth affirm to have seen.
Willoughby Aston
which dropt from this Womans Head, and re
serves it as a Choice Rarity.
Musæum Tradescantianum:
Or,
A Collection
Of
Rarities.
Preserved
A Collection
Of
Rarities.
Preserved
At
neerSouth-Lambeth
London
By
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Printed by
, and are to be sold byJohn Grismond
atNathanael Brooke
M. DC . LVI.
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Natura, instans es: cedo.
Natura. ------ Senex.
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ialogus.
UtriqueNOTUS ARTE
jam satis polo;
Utriusque deliciis satur;
Favore maximi beatus Principis;
Amore cultus omnium:
Quid quæris ultra, terra quad donet, Senex.
Famam quod ornet insuper?
molesti ne sient, ANNIS
libens;
Linquasq linquentem domum.
Nec verti potest
Stator supremi Numinis;
Sed nec timeri debet, immensis beans
Brevem dolorem gandiis.
John Tradescantethe elder
deceased.
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radescante
Had inocent Artes.
Can honest Art die?
Artes cannot die.
paterni verus heres, relictum sibi rerum vndi
congestarum thesanrum, ipse plurimum adauxit
et in Museo Lambethiano amicis visendum exhibet.
W. Hollar ad vivum delin: et sculp:
John Tradescantthe youn
ger
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Cannot hide Arts.
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tonehousus
Theologus servus natus.
READER
For some reasons I ap
prehend
my self enga
ged to give an account of
two things, that refer to the
ensuing piece: The one,
for not publishing this Catalogue untill now: The
other, of the mode & manner thereof, being partly
Latine, and partly English.
About three yeares a
of some friends ) I was re
solved to take a Catalogue
of those Rarities and Curiosities which Father
had scedulously collected,
and my selfe with conti
nued diligence have augmented, & hitherto preserved together: They then
pressed me with that Ar
gument, That the enumeration of these Rarities, (being more for variety than
any one place known in
ropecould afford) would be
an
To the ingenious Reader.
an honour to our Nation,
and a benefit to such ingenious persons as would become
further enquirers into the
various modes of Natures
admirable workes, and the
curious Imitators thereof: I
readily yeilded to the thing
so urged, and with the as
sistance of two worthy
friends (well acquainted
with my design,) we then
began it, and many examinations of the materialls
themselves, & their agreements with severall Au
compared, a Draught
was made, which they
gave into my hands to
examine over. Presently
thereupon my onely Sonne
dyed, one of my Friends fell
very sick for about a yeare,
and my other Friend by
unhappy Law-suits much
disturbed. Upon these ac
cidents that first Draught
lay neglected in my hands
another year. Afterwards
my said Friends call again
upon me, and the designe
of Printing, a-new contri
ved
To the ingenious Reader.
ved, onely the prefixed
Pictures were not ready,
and I found my kinde
friend r Hollar
gaged for about tenne
Moneths, for whose hand
to finish the Plates, I was
necessarily constrained to
stay untill this time.
Now for the materialls
themselves I reduce them
unto two sorts; one Naturall, of which some are
more familiarly known &
named amongst us, as di
vers sorts of Birds, foure
to whom I have given u
sual English names. Others
are lesse familiar, and as
yet unfitted with apt En termes, as the shell
glish
Creatures, Insects, Mine
ralls, Outlandish-Fruits,
and the like, which are
part of the Materia Medica; (Encroachers upon
that faculty, may try how
they can crack such shels.)
The other sort is Artificialls, as Vtensills, House
holdstuffe, Habits, Instru
severall Nations, rare cu
riosities of Art, &c. These
are also expressed in English, (saving the Coynes,
which would vary but
little if Translated) for the
ready satisfying whom
soever may desire a view
thereof. The Catalogue
of my Garden I have also
added in the Conclusion
(and given the names of
the Plants both in Latine
and English ) that nothing
may be wanting which at
and might bee expected
from
Your ready friend
choicest Flowers and Plants, exquisitely
limned in vellum, by
Alex: Marshall
Dict. Nat.
Biog.
Musæum Tradescantium; or A Collection of Rarities Preserved at South Lambeth neer London. By
Ashmole MSat the
Musæum Tradescantium; or A Collection of Rarities Preserved at South Lambeth neer London. By
Ashmole MSat the
Musæum Tradescantianum, by
Lark, hath a streight sharp Bill, a long
Tail: And is all over of a blue colour. Upon second thoughts,
however Indian upon this bird, I judge
it to be no other than the Caeruleus or
Blue Ouzel of
Bellonius,
described in the precedent Article.
Lark,hath a streight sharp Bill, a long Tail: And is all over of a blue colour. Upon second thoughts, however
Indianupon this bird, I judge it to be no other than the
Caeruleusor
Blue Ouzelof
described in the precedent Article.Bellonius ,
Indian
Mavis,having a long Tail, which perchance is the same with the bird in this Article described.
Blackbird,as far as I could judge by the dried skin. The colour of the whole upper side was black; only the edges of the feathers about the Rump were ash-coloured. The Breast was of a scarlet colour: The Bill like a
Blackbirds:The Tail also long, and like a
Blackbirds.
nearLambeth
London .