Essex Maps

35x27 cm

ESSEX.
Robt. K. Dawson | Lieut. R.E.
J.Netherclift Lithog.
 
Robert Kearsley Dawson (1798-1861) was the son of Robert Dawson (1771-1860), a draughtsman with the Corps of Royal Military Surveyors and Draughtsmen, retiring in 1836. Robert Kearsley Dawson worked as a draughtsman for the Ordnance Survey on Scottish and Irish surveys under Major Colby before commencing the task of preparing a full set of county plates and borough plans of England and Wales, mostly based on new surveys. In 1832 Parliament introduced The Reform Bill reviewing the boundaries of the boroughs affected by the changes in the electoral process. This series of maps and plans, prepared by Dawson, were produced as the official record of those changes. They were printed from a lithographic stone and coloured by hand. There were a number of editions in 1831 & 1832 recording the development of the proposals for the parliamentary divisions.
This map of Essex has no printed border but the printed area measures approximately 33x23cm. within a page size of 63x35cm. (large blank area on right.) There is also apage of the accompanying text from the report listing the proposed divisions with populations. 
Good condition. 3 vertical folds as isssued.