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C1854
Turkey in Europe
Scarce c.19th fully hand coloured example of Tallis’s map of the Ottoman Empire in Europe. The map extends from the Balkans to the Black Sea and from Moldavia to northern Greece and is surrounded with a ornate border and includes … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Turkey in Europe
Date:
C1854
Condition:
Sheet cropped at top, small repaired tear at lower centre fold, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
329mm
x 258mm
Paper Size:
351mm
x 270mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1854
Description:
Scarce c.19th fully hand coloured example of Tallis’s map of the Ottoman Empire in Europe.
The map extends from the Balkans to the Black Sea and from Moldavia to northern Greece and is surrounded with a ornate border and includes three finely engraving inset views of;
Istanbul, Ali Pasha and a Greek in traditional dress.
From, Martin, M. The Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World Geographical…
References:
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 :822.
Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of Australia. 1879: 1220
Collections:
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 0466
Yale University Art Gallery: Folio A 2019 38
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1807340
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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John Rapkin (1813 - 1899)
British mapmaker and engraver who is best known for his superb engraving on John Tallis publications. He was born in Southwark, the son of George Rapkin, a shoemaker, and his wife Elizabeth Harfy. Rapkin and his brother Richard were both engravers and his other brother, William Harfy Rapkin, was a printer.
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