Devon Maps

30x24 cm

ORIGINAL HAND COLOUR DEPICTING THE POOR LAW UNIONS
DEVONSHIRE 
Drawn by R. Creighton | J.& C.Walker Sculp^t.
ENGRAVED FOR LEWIS' TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY

Copper engraving by brothers John Walker (1790?-1873) and Charles Walker (1799?-1872) trading as “J & C Walker” from about 1827. John Walker is known for his work for James Horsburgh and the East India Company as well as his work for the Admiralty and leading publishers of the period. He was founder member of the Royal Geographical Society in 1830. 
The map was drawn by Roger Creighton (1796-1838) draughtsman and surveyor. Born at Tynemouth, he is first recorded as a land-surveyor in Wakefeld and perhaps trained under Christopher Greenwood with whom he worked on his series of county maps from 1818. He married Martha Gostling 16 Jan 1823 at St George Hanover Square and is variously recorded as draughtsman or surveyor on the baptismal records of their children between 1824 and 1834. He became the principal draughtsman for the Topographical Dictionary by Samuel Lewis. He was buried 9 April 1838 at St. Luke Chelsea.
Published in A Topographical Dictionary of England…Samuel Lewis and Co. from 1831. The work achieved considerable success and was re-issued many times by Lewis until 1849. During this time the maps were regularly updated to include parliamentary and electoral information and changes to the rapidly expanding railway network.

From the 1845 edition with the addition of the Poor Law Unions. Original hand colour.

Batten & Bennett Printed Maps of Devon ref. 103