SDUK Map of Antwerp
SKU: 9469Title:
SDUK Map of Antwerp
Date of publication:
1832
Printed Measurement:
31.5 x 40 cm
Publisher(s):
Colour:
original
Mapmaker(s):
Engraver(s):
Benjamin Rees Davies
Antwerp (Antwerpen, Anvers)
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.
Condition & Materials
Steel engraving, approx 31.5 x 40 cm, engraved by Benjamin Rees Davies after William Barnard Clarke, original hand colour to map with black and white elevations of principal buildings beneath and a view of Antwerp above, numbered in and old hand, blank verso.