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John Seller

Also known as: John Seller; primary name: Seller, John
Details: individual; British; Male
Life dates: fl.1660-d.1697
Biography: An important instrument maker, map and chart seller. Hydrographer to the King. He was succeeded by his son, another John (active 1677-89, d.1698). His main address was at the sign of the Mariner's Compass at the Hermitage Stairs in Wapping, but at different times he also sold at many other addresses (see Tyacke pp.139-40). Seller was apprenticed in 1644 to Edward Lowe, possibly a relative of George Lowe. He was freed in 1654, and seems to have begun publishing in 1659. A full account of his career as a map and chart maker is given by C.Verner in 'The Compleat Mapmaker, essays on chart and map making in England in the 17th and 18th centuries', ed.N.J.W.Thrower, Berkeley 1978. The name of John Sellar followed by 'excudit' (but with no address) is found on a few prints that were never book illustrations. It appears on an anonymous etching of St George and the Dragon (once wrongly considered to be by Antonio Tempesta), and on a set of six etched views of Tangier by John Oliver.
Bibliography: Worms, British Map Engravers, 2011

Title: St Paul's Couent Garden The Prospects of London, Westminster and Southwark |
Museum number: 1860,0623.6 |
Producer name: After:Wenceslaus HollarPublished by:John Seller |
Production date: 1687-1692

Title: St Paul's Couent Garden The Prospects of London, Westminster and Southwark |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1833 |
Producer name: After:Wenceslaus HollarPublished by:John Seller |
Production date: 1687-1692

Title: St Paul's Couent Garden The Prospects of London, Westminster and Southwark |
Museum number: Gg,4V.27 |
Producer name: After:Wenceslaus HollarPublished by:John Seller |
Production date: 1687-1692

Title: Prospect of Yorke Castle at Tangier from ye Strand, and the North West |
Museum number: Ee,2.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:John OliverPublished by:John Seller |
Production date: 1675-1690 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

Title: Prospec of ye North side of Tangier regarding the mayne Sea from the hill as you come from Whitby or |
Museum number: Ee,2.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:John OliverPublished by:John Seller |
Production date: 1675-1690 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

Title: A Prospect of ye lower part of Tangier from the hill West of White Hall |
Museum number: Ee,2.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:John OliverPublished by:John Seller |
Production date: 1675-1690 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

Title: Prospect of the Straights of Sicily, vulgarly calldt Faro di Messina, from the North, |
Museum number: 1888,0612.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarPublished by:John Seller |
Production date: 1675 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

Title: Prospect of ye Inner part of Tangier, With the upper Castle, from South East |
Museum number: Ee,2.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:John OliverPublished by:John Seller |
Production date: 1675-1690 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

Title: St Paul's Couent Garden The Prospects of London, Westminster and Southwark |
Museum number: 1880,1113.3038 |
Producer name: After:Wenceslaus HollarPublished by:John Seller |
Production date: 1687-1692