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C1854
Van Diemen’s Island or Tasmania.
Mapmaker:
The most decorative colonial map of Tasmania made at the time of the gold discoveries in Australia. With supern decorative border surrounds and two vignettes depicting views of Hobart Town and a Thylacine. There are four editions of this map; … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Van Diemen’s Island or Tasmania.
Date:
C1854
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
250mm
x 340mm
Paper Size:
279mm
x 364mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1854
Description:
The most decorative colonial map of Tasmania made at the time of the gold discoveries in Australia. With supern decorative border surrounds and two vignettes depicting views of Hobart Town and a Thylacine.
There are four editions of this map;
Vignette at top. Lower left. Centre left. Lower right.
1. Hobarton Blank Blank Thylacine
2. Hobarton Aborigines Blank Thylacine
3. Hobarton Residence VDL Co. Blank Thylacine
4. Hobarton Residence VDL Co. Seal Thylacine
From, Martin, M. The Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World Geographical..
References:
Clancy, R. Mapping of Terra Australis: 929
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973: 822.
Tooley, R.V. Mapping of Australia. 1879: 1233
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.
