Antique Plan of Stockholm with a Panorama from Langholmen, 1838
US$1,019
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1838
Mapmaker / artist
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Publisher
Charles Knight and Co., 22 Ludgate Street, London
Technique
Steel Engraving
Coloring
Original hand color
Sheet size
35 × 43 cm (13.8 × 16.9 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14487-1-41
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Handling soiling along the bottom edge. A few small foxing spots in the margin. All four corners complete.
About this sheet
This is an original antique city plan of Stockholm, steel engraved and published in the atlas of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The plan spreads the city over its islands between Lake Malaren and the Saltsjon, with the Royal Palace and the old town on Stadsholmen, Riddarholmen and Skeppsholmen beside it, Norrmalm and the Humlegarden to the north and Sodermalm climbing to the south. The Kungliga Djurgarden fills the eastern side and a long view of Stockholm from the island of Langholmen runs along the foot. The outline and water coloring is original hand color, applied by the publisher before the sheet was bound into the volume.
It is plate number 205 of the third volume of the Society's atlas, published by Charles Knight and Company, 22 Ludgate Street, London, in 1847. Lord Brougham's Society set out to supply accurate maps at a price a clerk could afford, and the steel engraved city plans it produced between 1830 and 1847 remain the best series of town plans of their generation. The plate is lettered as drawn by W. B. Clarke and engraved by B. R. Davies.
Stockholm built on water is one of the great city plans to look at, and this sheet gives the whole archipelago city on one page with the panorama underneath it. Framed simply in dark wood or a plain gilt frame it suits a study, a hallway or a dining room, and it is a natural gift for anyone with a tie to the place.
Light uneven toning, browner toward the edges. Handling soiling along the bottom edge. A few small foxing spots in the margin. All four corners complete.
This is an original antique map, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
