The condition is typical for a picture of this age, including some discolouration, foxing, and dirtying. 2.5cm tear to the lower margin, which has been repaired.
23 x 38.5cm (9.1" x 15.2")Sheet: 29 x 44cm (11.4" x 17.3") Plate: 26 x 40cm (10.2" x 15.7")
Laurie and Whittle were London based map and atlas publishers active in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Generally considered to be the successors to the Robert Sayer firm, Laurie and Whittle was founded by Robert Laurie (c.1755-1836) and James Whittle (1757-1818). Robert Laurie was a skilled mezzotint engraver and is known to have worked with Robert Sayer on numerous projects. James Whittle was a well-known London socialite and print seller whose Fleet Street shop was a popular haunt for intellectual luminaries. Together Laurie and Whittle published numerous maps and atlases, often bringing in other important cartographers of the day, including Kitchin, Faden, Jefferys and others to update and modify their existing Sayer plates. Since then, Laurie and Whittle has passed through numerous permutations, with part of the firm still extant as an English publisher of maritime or nautical charts, 'Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd.' The firm remains the oldest surviving chart publisher in Europe.
| SKU | rr700 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Laurie and Whittle |
| Date | 1794 |
| Dimensions | 23.0 x 38.5cm |
| Medium | Engraving |
| Style | Illustration Art |
| Subject | Maps |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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