Whole of Ireland

42x53 cm

IRELAND | ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNMENT SURVEY | BY G. H. SWANSTON. EDIN.^R
Engraved by G.H.Swanston.Edinburgh.
A. FULLARTON & C.^O EDINBURGH, LONDON & DUBLIN.

George Heriot Swanston (1815?-1860) Draughstman and engraver born in Edinburgh. He is recorded on the 1841 census as engraver  living with his wife Margaret and four small children. By 1851 he is recorded as a geographer and master engraver, employing four men, three apprentices and ten colourists, living with his wife Agnes, six children and a servant. His son, Andrew Heriot Swanston (1837?-1894) became an engraver for the Ordnance Survey.

Lithograph in original hand colour published by Fullarton & Co.