Tallis, J & F.
Mexico, California and Texas.
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- Published: John Tallis & Company , London & New York
- Published date: 1851
- Type: Antique Map
- Issue date: 1851
- Technique: Steel engraving, hand colored.
- Category: Texas
- Size: 253 by 328mm (10 by 13 inches).
- Stock number: 29641
- Condition: In excellent condition.
Article description
Steel engraving, hand colored in outline and wash. A fine engraved map, which is showing Mexico, California and Texas in many details, the North Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. The map is decorated with three finely hand colored engraved vignettes: gold washing in the region from Rio Sacramento and Rio San Joaquim, the ruins at Uxmal in Yucatan and the Mexican peasantry. 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.