Tallis’ Map of Crimea
SKU: 7311
£75.00
Title:
Tallis’ Map of Crimea
Date of publication:
c.1851
Printed Measurement:
26 x 33 cm
Colour:
original
Mapmaker(s):
Engraver(s):
John Rapkin
The Crimea
Steel engraving, 26 x 33 cm, original outline colour, slight toning, blank verso; a map of Crimea engraved by John Rapkin for the Illustrated Atlas; the inset is described as ‘Sebastopol before its investment’ (ie. before the Crimean War) and the map also marks the landing of the Allied armies in Kalamita Bay.