Tallis, J & F.
Western Africa
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Eigenschaften
- Published: John Tallis & Company , London & New York
- Published date: 1851
- Type: Antique Map, map
- Issue date: 1851
- Category: West Africa
- Technique: Steel engraving, hand colored.
- Stock number: 29627
- Condition: In excellent condition.
Article description
Article description
Steel engraving, hand colored in outline and wash. Decorative antique map of Western Africa showing the coast of the Atlantic ocean and the Gulf of Guinea with many details. We do find engraved place names, rivers, lakes and mountains. The map is decorated with four finely hand colored engraved vignette city views: Christiansborg, the castle of Cape Coast, Sierra Leone and Bakel. The actual map was drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin. The illustrations were engraved by various artists: R. Radclyffe, W. Lacy, J. Rogers, J. H. Kernot, J. B. Allen, T. Fleming, H. Winkles, R. Baker after drawings by H. Warren, H. Winkles and H. Wray. Recently viewed products