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C1923
Map Of Singapore Showing The Principal Residences and Places of Interest.
Mapmaker:
George Stanford
Rare and detailed plan of Singapore
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Full Title:
Map Of Singapore Showing The Principal Residences and Places of Interest.
Date:
C1923
Mapmaker:
George Stanford
Condition:
In good condition. Dissected in 28 sections and laid onto linen as issued.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour
Image Size:
720mm
x 585mm
Frame Size:
880mm
x 1020mm
AUTHENTICITY
Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:
1923
Description:
Rare and detailed plan of Singapore
Mapmaker:
George Stanford
Heir to the Edward Stanford business.
Edward Stanford (1827-1904)
Apprenticed as a printere and stationer. He founded his business in partnership with Saunders in 1852 as “Suanders & Stanford” but was disolved in 1853. He founded “Stanford’s Geographical Establishment” 1857, employing Suanders and Alexander Keith Johnston to prepare maps. By 1864 he was employing twenty-eight men and thirteen boys. He acquire the John Arrowsmith stock at auction in 1874 and by 1881 his staff had grown to sixty-five men, nineteen boys and three women, with his son Edward Standford II (1856-1917) acting as his assistant. He retired in 1882 and his son took over. The firm still exists.
