Description

Original steel engraving, published by John Tallis in 1851. This particular chart is from the General Atlas 1850-51.

The firm of Tallis & Co. fluorished from 1835 – 1860. These decorative maps are on of the last produced.

John Tallis (1815 – 1876) English cartographic publisher. His company John Tallis and Co, was based in London, and later expanded to Edinburgh, Dublin and New York. His most famous work was An Illustrated Atlas of the World. He worked closely with John Rapkin and incorporated vignettes commissioned from various artists.

John Rapkin (1845 – 1851) Cartographer, drew and engraved the maps for Tallis.