Antique Map of the Environs of Cork with its Harbor and Islands, 1885
€ 290
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1885
Mapmaker / artist
Edward Weller, F.R.G.S.
Publisher
G. W. Bacon and Co., London
Technique
Lithograph
Coloring
Original hand color
Sheet size
34 × 50 cm (13.4 × 19.7 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14216-91
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
Vertical fold down the center from binding. Even age toning. Handling soiling along all four edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Slight wear at the bottom left, bottom right and top left corners.
About this sheet
This is an original antique map of the country around Cork, printed by lithography with original hand coloring and dated 1885 by the atlas it comes from. The title in the lower right reads "THE ENVIRONS OF" over "CORK" and "BY EDWD WELLER. F.R.G.S.", with a scale of English Miles.
The city of Cork lies left of center on the River Lee, drawn in close street detail, with "CORK" lettered in large spaced capitals across the county. Below and to the right of the city, Lough Mahon, Great Island with Queenstown, and the anchorage lettered "CORK HARBOUR" are drawn in pale blue, with Spike Island near the harbor mouth. Mallow and the Nagle Mountains, modeled in hachure, lie along the top. Bandon and Kinsale sit at the lower left near the coast of Newfoundland Bay. To the east the sheet reaches Middleton, Castlemartyr, Ballycotton Bay, and Youghal on Youghal Bay, and the corner of County Waterford at the upper right, with Lismore and Tallow, is washed by hand in pale rose. Railways run north to Mallow, west to Bandon and east toward Youghal, and the border is marked in degrees and minutes.
The sheet number at the upper right is cut by the trimmed edge.
It comes from The New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, published in London by G. W. Bacon and Co., and is dated 1885 by the volume it was taken from; no date is printed on the sheet itself. Edward Weller (1819 to 1884) was a London map engraver and draftsman and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Vertical fold down the center from binding. Even age toning. Handling soiling along all four edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Slight wear at the bottom left, bottom right and top left corners.
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.
