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Stanford's Portable Map of India

Creator: Edward Stanford
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
STANFORD, Edward
Stanford's Portable Map of India.
Shewing its Present Divisions and the Adjacent Parts of Beluchistan, Afghanistan, Turkestan, the Chinese Empire, Burmah and Siam.
London, Edward Standford, 2 October 1878.

Early wash-coloured lithograph, dissected and laid on linen, folding into publisher’s original maroon cloth boards. Some light toning, otherwise good.
Framed and glazed, overall size: 86.5 cm x 96 cm x 5cm.

A fine detailed map of India and the Burmese coast. The map extends from Turkestan and southern China south to the Maldives, Ceylon and Sumatra. In the east it shows all of Burma and extends westward to Beluchistan. Tibet is referred to as ‘Bot or Tibet’ with to its west the much-disputed land of ‘Cashmere’. The territories are coloured according to a key and include regional provinces and the presence of the British, Portuguese and French.

More Information

Documentation:	Ample Provenance
Origin:	England
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	engraving with hand colouring on paper laid on linen
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1878
Styles / Movements:	Color
Dealer Reference #:	106925
Incollect Reference #:	613159

Dimensions

W.	34.06 in;	H.	37.8 in;	D.	1.97 in;
W.	86.5 cm;	H.	96 cm;	D.	5 cm;

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