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Reference code
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1757
Title
Madrid
Date(s)
- No date; 1844 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
2 illustrations + 1 map mounted on 1 sheet: black and white; engraving; lithograph; various sizes on 61 x 105.4 cm backing
Context area
Name of creator
(1808-1876)
Biographical history
French. Illustrated Etiennez, 'L'Italie à vol d'oiseau' ... desinnées ... par A. Guesdon (Paris, 1849 and later).
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Scope and content
Two city views and one map of Madrid, mounted on one sheet.
- 'A general View of Madrid, the Capital of New Castile, and of the Kingdom of Spain.'; 'Cary sculp.'; 'Engraved for Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography'; engraving; 28.2 x 19.9 cm plate on 31.4 x 20.9 cm sheet; from George Henry Millar, 'The new and universal system of geography [ ... ]' (London: Hogg, 1783) (Sitwell, O.F.G., 'Four centuries of Special Geography. An annotated guide to books that purport to describe all the countries in the world published in English before 1888, with a critical introduction' (Vancouver: UBC Press, 1993), pp. 380-382)
- 'Madrid Vue Prise Au-Dessus De La Place Des Taureaux.'; title repeated in Spanish; 'A. Guesdon 1844' signed; 'Dessiné d'après nature et lith par A. Guesdon.'; 'Imp. F.ois Delarue, Paris'; 'Paris [ ... ] François Delarue [ ... ]'; 'Madrid en Casa de J. B. Stampa [ ... ]'; L'Espagne a vol d'Oiseau' endorsed in top margin; lithograph; 44 x 28.4 cm on 51 x 37.4 cm sheet
- 'Madrid'; 'Drawn by W. B. Clarke Arch[itec]t.'; 'Engraved by J. Henshall'; 'Published under the Supervision of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge'; engraving; 36.6 x 29.9 cm on 39.6 x 33.4 cm sheet
Various authors.
[Cities Exhibition.]
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Conditions governing access
No access restrictions.
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Language of material
- English
- French