Original Hand-Colored Antique County Map of Durham, England, 1804

€ 325

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date: 1804
Technique: Engraved
Sheet size: 54 × 64 cm (21.3 × 25.2 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-12924-6

Condition

General age-related toning with a few light brown spots. Edges of the paper a bit rough, but not distrurbin the plate/image. Original colouring. Folding line as issued. Please study image carefully.

About this sheet

Antique county map of Durham first published c.1800. Villages, towns, and cities illustrated include Gateshead, South Shields, and Darlington.

Charles Smith was a cartographer working in London from circa 1800. His maps were finely engraved on copper and featured beautiful hand colouring. The county maps were initially issued as single sheets for travelers from 1800. These were generally laid down on cloth to prolong what would for them be a hard and generally quite a short life on the road. In 1804 they were published as an atlas, Smith's New English Atlas.