Bavaria [Divided Into Its Respective Sovereign States]
Engraver
Benjamin Smith
Publisher
Robert Wilkinson
Dimensions
Landscape. Overall dimensions: 22cm by 28cm.
Provenance
Wilkinson's General Atlas of the World, Quarters, Empires, Kingdoms, States &c. with Appropriate Tables. Second Edition. London. Published March 1, 1809, by Robert Wilkinson, No. 125 Fenchurch St.
Authenticity
All our maps and prints are originals, published at the dated shown above.
Description and Condition
Description
Atlas Map. Original hand coloured map.
Condition
Good
Tanned with fading to coloured area. Minor dark smudges to map paper edges. Dark round mark to upper margin edge. Handwritten folio number to upper right corner.
Notes
Engraver
Benjamin Smith the Younger (b 1774), worked on Charles Smith's New English Atlas, specifically on the maps for Devon, Sussex and Berkshire. In 1810 whilst sailing to Portugal, Smith and partner engraver Joseph Bye were captured by a French privateer and imprisoned in France for 4 years until peace was declared in 1814. They returned to Edinburgh where they worked as engravers for book sellers and map engraver W.H. Lizars. In 1817 Smith and Bye were convicted at Dover of 'uttering' forged Margate Bank notes and sentenced to death. Numerous petitions for clemency were received from Smith's wife Mary, William Bengo Collyer, Sir Robert Gardiner on behalf of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, ex-employer William Home Lizars, John Murray and the mayor and justices of the peace for the town and port of Dover. Murray's letter stated that “Bye and Smith shewed great ingenuity in engraving maps but did not excel in engraving written characters”. Smith and Bye were hanged on 27 November 1817.
Publisher
Robert Wilkinson (1780-1825) commercial map maker and publisher. Primarily a compiler of information from other sources, better known as a printmaker and publisher of books. Acquired the printing plates of John Bowles, (one of the most active map-makers). In 1794, Wilkinson issued the first edition of a new world atlas, entitled “The General Atlas Being A Collection Of Maps Of The World And Quarters, The Principal Empires, Kingdoms &c. ...”. Renewed the atlas with a series of new maps in 1825 but died the same year,with his plates being acquired by William Darton.
Shipping
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