Description: Two interesting antique maps of The Netherlands entitled as follows: "The Netherlands and Belgium" - engraved by J.& C. Walker and published by Charles Knight in London for SDUK. No date but c1848. Populations by Provinces are given for 1826 and 1838. Hand outline color. Good condition with minor edge tears to the borders - see scan. Overall size 13 x 17 inches "Netherlands" - engraved by S.Hall in London - see below. No date but c.1830. Good condition. Overall size 11 x 16 inches This are original antique maps offered at a modest price. See two similar maps in Seller's Other Items Sidney HallFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchCanada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia by Sidney Hall (1830)Sidney Hall (1788?–1831) was a British engraver and cartographer well known and popular for his early nineteenth century atlases containing maps of the United Kingdom and of the ancient world reproduced from Hall's engravings. Hall made engravings for a number of international atlases at a time when cartography and atlases were very popular. He also engraved a series of cards for the various constellations, published c.1825 in a boxed set called Urania's Mirror.[1]Sidney Hall's punched star chart of the constellationAuriga.Hall engraved maps for William Faden, Aaron Arrowsmith, and Chapman & Hall, among many others.[2]In 1809 he operated at 5 Vine Street, Picadilly, London. In 1814 he was in partnership with Michael Thomson operating at 14 Bury Street in the Bloomsbury District and later was listed at 18 Bury Street.[3] Hall is credited with "almost certainly" being the first engraver to use steel plates in map engraving.[3]Hall died in 1831 at the age of 42. The business was carried on by map engraver Selina Hall, his widow.[2]
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Location: Los Angeles, California
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