Yorkshire North Riding

24x18 cm

STEEL ENGRAVING WITH VIGNETTE OF YORK MINSTER

NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE.
Drawn by G. Kemp Land Surveyor, Leeds. | Engraved by J.Neele & C.^o Burleigh S.^t Strand.
Published by Fullarton & C.^o Glasgow.

First published in Bell's New and Comprehensive Gazetteer in 1833. The text for the gazetteer was largely copied from Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of 1831 and in 1839 Lewis obtained an injunction against Bell for plagiarism and the work was withdrawn. Archibald Fullarton, the publisher of Bell's Gazetteer republished the maps with new text in The Parliamentary Gazetteer from 1840 until 1849. The engraving work was shared between Gray & Son, James Neele and Robert Scott with most maps derived from those by Sidney Hall in an earlier topographical dictionary, John Gorton's Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland published in 1831.

George Kemp (fl.1823-1843) surveyor of London and Leeds, drew the three maps of the Yorkshire Ridings for this series and each were engraved on steel by James Neele (1791-1868) engraver, copperplate printer and lithographer, son of engraver Samuel John Neele (1758-1824).

Good example, with the addition of the Northern Railway published in an edition of The Parliamentary Gazetteer between 1840 and 1844, in fine hand colour. Spotting in the generous margins not affecting printed area.

Vignette of York Minster.