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C1854
Sweden and Norway
Mapmaker:
Map of Sweden with the following views: ‘Stockholm’,‘Norwegian Peasantry’, ‘Iron Mine of Dannemora, Upsala’, ‘Norwegian Laplanders (Winter Dress)’, ‘Norwegian Skielobere or Skate Runners’, and ‘Peasants of Sweden’. Dannemora was one of the most important iron mines in Sweden and had … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Sweden and Norway
Date:
C1854
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Image Size:
260mm
x 350mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1854
Description:
Map of Sweden with the following views: ‘Stockholm’,‘Norwegian Peasantry’, ‘Iron Mine of Dannemora, Upsala’, ‘Norwegian Laplanders (Winter Dress)’, ‘Norwegian Skielobere or Skate Runners’, and ‘Peasants of Sweden’. 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)
Bookseller and publisher of maps and atlases who produced the famous atlas of maps, 'The Illustrated Atlas, and modern history of the World'. The maps were drawn by John Rapkin (1813-1899) and were beautifully decorated with vignette views and local fauna and flora of the areas depicted. John Rapkin (1813-1899) Rapkin was a mapmaker and engraver who is best known for his superb engraving on John Tallis publications.
