Yorkshire

Method Steel engraved with original hand colour
Artist Pigot, James
Published Published by Pigot & Co. 59 Fleet Street, London & Fountain St, Manchester. Engraved on Steel by Pigot & Co, Manchester [1840]
Dimensions 335 x 355 mm
Notes A decorative nineteenth century map of the county of Yorkshire, from Pigot's British Atlas. The borders of Yorkshire, the Ridings, and adjoining counties are outlined in original hand colour, and at the bottom right, a large vignette presents a view of York Cathedral.

James Pigot (1769-1843) was an English cartographer, engraver, printer, and publisher. He is best known for his series of finely engraved oblong county maps, issued in various National Commercial Directories throughout the 1820s and 1830s, and published collectively as Pigot & Co's British Atlas in 1831. Pigot traded in London with Charles Elkins and Isaac Slater under the names Pigot & Co and Pigot & Slater, while at the same time trading in Manchester in partnership with his son, James Pigot Jnr, under the name Pigot & Son.

Condition: Horizontal fold, as issued. Repaired tear to title cartouche. Time toning, foxing, and offsetting to sheet. Blank on verso.
Framing unmounted
Price £100.00
Stock ID 51605

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