C1854

Sweden and Norway

Mapmaker:

John Tallis (1817 - 1876)

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S/N: TALL-EU-SCA-026–189564

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Full Title:

Sweden and Norway

Date:

C1854

Mapmaker:

John Tallis (1817 - 1876)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Image Size:

260mm

x 350mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1854

Description:

Map of Sweden with the following views: &#8216Stockholm&#8217,&#8216Norwegian Peasantry&#8217, &#8216Iron Mine of Dannemora, Upsala&#8217, &#8216Norwegian Laplanders (Winter Dress)&#8217, &#8216Norwegian Skielobere or Skate Runners&#8217, and &#8216Peasants of Sweden&#8217. Dannemora was one of the most important iron mines in Sweden and had a high reputation in England for its provision of iron ore to steel manufacturers there, including to the important steel city of Sheffield. Following the Napoleonic wars, Sweden gained control of Norway as part of the Treaty of Kiel (1814). Norway, however, declared its independence, adopted a constitution and chose a new king. The two countries then fought a war, with the end result being a Norwegian-Swedish union under a common monarch, with Sweden controlling the foreign affairs of the otherwise largely independent Norway.

John Tallis (1817 - 1876)

English publisher, map seller, and entrepreneur best known for the illustrated atlas that bears his name and for his wide-ranging commercial ventures in mid-nineteenth-century London.

Born into a publishing family, Tallis was the son of John Tallis (1789–1845), a mapmaker and printseller. After his father’s death he expanded the business under the name John Tallis & Company, operating from London and New York. He became particularly noted for the publication of The Illustrated Atlas (1851–1854), a richly embellished series of steel-engraved maps engraved chiefly by John Rapkin. These maps are distinguished by decorative vignette views of cities, indigenous peoples, and landscapes, reflecting Victorian fascination with empire, travel, and commerce.

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