Hand-Colored Engraving Maps of Switzerland

Item Details

John Gibson (English, 1750 – 1792)
Switzerland, late 18th century
Engraving on laid paper
Unsigned

Thomas Starling (English, 1796 – 1850)
Carte physique et routière de la Suisse. A Map of Switzerland, 1836
Two engravings on wove paper
Unsigned
Published by George Virtue (English, 1794 – 1868)

Joseph Wilson Lowry (English, 1803 – 1879)
Switzerland, 1847
Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Unsigned
Pulled from Sharpe’s Corresponding Atlas, Comprising Fifty-Four Maps, Constructed Upon A System Of Scale And Proportion, From the most Recent Authorities. Engraved On Steel By Joseph Wilson Lowry. With A Copious Consulting Index., 1847
Published by Chapman and Hall, London

Alexander Keith Johnston (English, 1804 – 1871)
Switzerland and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont, circa 1861
Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Unsigned
Pulled from The royal atlas of modern geography, exhibiting, in a series of entirely original and authentic maps, the present condition of geographical discovery and research in the several countries, empires, and states of the world by Alexander Keith Johnston … With a special index to each map.
Published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburg & London

Sidney Hall (English, died 1831)
Switzerland, circa 1844
Four hand-colored engravings on wove paper
Unsigned
Pulled from Black’s General Atlas: A Series Of Fifty-Four Maps From The Latest And Most Authentic Sources. Engraved On Steel, In The First Style Of The Art, By Sydney Hall., circa 1844
Published by Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh

John Bartholomew Jr. (Scottish, 1831 – 1893)
Switzerland, late 19th century
Engraving on wove paper
Unsigned
Published by Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh

Frederick E. E. Schenck (Scottish, 1849 – 1908) after Sidney Hall (English, died 1831)
Switzerland, late 19th century
Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Unsigned
Published by Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh

John James Dower (English, 1825 – 1901)
Switzerland, late 18th century
Four hand-colored engravings on wove paper
Unsigned
Published by Henry Teesdale
Printed by Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen

Alex T. Findlay (English, 19th century)
Switzerland, late 19th century
Engraving on wove paper
Unsigned
Published by T. Tegg

Condition

- wear and toning to sheet; creasing, tears, and loss to edges; handling smudges to margins; tear to central fold; toning impressions of opposing pages.

Dimensions

- measures largest sheet; plate mark measures 19.0" W x 13.25" H.

Item #

ITMGA18598