SDUK Map of Turin
SKU: 5949Title:
SDUK Map of Turin
Date of publication:
1833
Printed Measurement:
32 x 37.5 cm
Publisher(s):
Colour:
original
Mapmaker(s):
Engraver(s):
Josiah Henshall
Turin
Steel engraving, 32 x 37.5 cm, engraved by Josiah Henshall after W.B. Clarke, original hand colour, blank verso. Map of Turin.
The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high-minded aim of making 'useful' information available to self-taught members of the working and lower middle classes. Some of the material was decidedly abstruse, subscribers fell away and the Society was wound up in 1848; however, the series of 209 maps published over a 14 year period from 1829 onwards were highly praised for their superior quality, accuracy and aesthetic appeal and remain an outstanding achievement.