Original antique steel-engraved map.
Engraved by E. Weller
Lithographed by Day & Son.
Published by the Despatch Atlas, 1863.
Original colour
The Weekly Despatch was published in parts between 1857 and 1863. The plates were then acquired by Cassell who published the collection as an atlas in 1863. A second edition was published in 1865. The plates were latter purchased by G W Bacon who reissued the maps in 1876.
In addition to Edward Weller other engravers who created the plates were John Dower, B R Davies, J W Lowry and T. Ettling
