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C1859
Island of Ceylon
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Scarce c.19th finely engraved map of Sri Lanka with excellent detail.
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Full Title:
Island of Ceylon
Date:
C1859
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
140mm
x 238mm
Paper Size:
166mm
x 262mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1859
Description:
Scarce c.19th finely engraved map of Sri Lanka with excellent detail.
George Heriot Swanston (1814 - )
Scottish mapmaker particularly noted for his engravings and vignettes illustrating Archibald Fullarton & Co's Royal Illustrated Atlas in the 1860s. He often collaborated with another Scotsman, the cartographer John Bartholomew. George Heriot was the son of George Swanston who had married Margaret Heriot on 2 November 1807 at Canongate in Edinburgh.
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