Antique Map of West Canada by Tallis 'c.1850'

1850 · Maps

Antique Map of West Canada by Tallis 'c.1850'

Name: Antique Map of West Canada by Tallis 'c.1850'
Brand: John Tallis
SKU: BG-13016-2-8
Price: 615 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1850
Maker: John Tallis
Kind: Maps
Size: 26.5 × 35 cm (10.4 × 13.8 in)
Condition: Good. General age-related toning, original folding line. Minor wear, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Canada
Reference: BG-13016-2-8

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

West Canada, a decorative map by John Tallis and Company, an original steel engraving with hand-colored outlines from John Howard Hinton's The History and Topography of the United States of America, published in London and New York, circa 1850. The title "West Canada" is set in the ornamental scroll border at the top.

The map covers what is now southern Ontario, between Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario, with counties and townships outlined in color and rivers, roads and towns marked in fine detail, as far as the Ottawa River. Vignettes fill the empty spaces. A view of the Falls of Niagara at the lower right, with its title below, shows the cataract and the wooded banks; a buffalo hunt on horseback is drawn at the upper left, a camp scene at the left, and a seal-like animal and a smaller creature at the top. The credits at the foot name the map as drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin.

West Canada was the name for the western half of the Province of Canada, and later became Ontario.

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