Wyld’s Map of the Low Countries
SKU: 8886Title:
Wyld’s Map of the Low Countries
Date of publication:
c.1845
Printed Measurement:
80 x 56.5 cm
Colour:
original
Mapmaker(s):
Map of the Netherlands including the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. With the post roads and stations and the limites of Holland and Belgium.
Copper engraving, 80 x 56.5 cm, original hand colour, blank verso; map of the Low Countires from Wyld's New General Atlas.
James Wyld senior established a highly successful firm of map publishers, which passed to his son when he died relatively young in 1836, apparently from 'overwork'. He introduced the new process of lithography to map printing, was a founder member of the Royal Geographical Society and was appointed Geographer to both George IV and William IV. James Wyld junior inherited a thriving business. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and succeeded his father as Geographer to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.