The Old Print Shop

Switzerland.

  • ARTIST: Sidney Hall

  • PUBLISHER: published by Longman Rees, Orme, Brown & Green of Paternoster Row, London

  • MEDIUM: Steel plate engraving

    DATE: 1835

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 16 1/4 x 19 5/8" ( 41.3 x 49.5 cm)

  • DESCRIPTION: This detailed map of Switzerland, from Sidney Hall’s 1835 New General Atlas, shows the country divided into cantons, from Vaud to Grisons. It includes towns, rivers, mountains, railroads, and other features, drawn with hachure shading. Colored borders mark political divisions, and a legend lists the 22 cantons with their religions. Created during Switzerland’s Regeneration Movement, it captures a time of major political and social change.

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  • CONDITION: Good condition and color.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps