Original antique map with original colouring.
Published by George Vertue, 1840
George Vertue was an English engraver known primarily for his portraits and book illustrations. Though not acclaimed a great artist, Vertue left a body of work that has great historical value, including notes and memorandums that were to go into his planned History of the Arts in England. His collections were purchased after his death by Horace Walpole and formed the basis of Walpole’s four-volume Anecdotes of Painting in England (1762–71) and Catalogue of Engravers Born and Resident in England (1763).
