Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Rapkin, J
Title:
England and Wales / the map drawn & engraved by J. Rapkin ; the illustrations by N. Whittock & engraved by J. Rogers.
Published / Created:
London ; Edinburgh ; Dublin : J. & F. Tallis, [1851?]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 31 x 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2015 3t
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:2,534,400] -- (W 6°--E 2°/N 56°--N 49°).
Notes:
Map of England and Wales showing borders of counties in color. Also included are vignettes along the inside border featuring The grand stand of the race track, Doncaster; Oxford; Sunderland Bridge; Newcastle-Upon-Tyne; Entrance to Portsmouth Harbour; and London . Relief is shown by hachures.

Prime meridian: Greenwich.

From p. [8]: Tallis's illustrated atlas and modern history of the world : geographical, political, commercial and statistical / edited by R. Montgomery Martin. London ; New York : John Tallis & Co., 1851.
Subject Terms:
England -- Maps. | Wales -- Maps.
Form/Genre:
Maps. | Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1824.
Contributors:
Rogers, John, approximately 1808–approximately 1888, engraver. | Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860, illustrator. | Martin, Robert Montgomery, 1803?-1868. | John Tallis & Company, publisher.