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Auction 112, Lot 380

"Remote British Islands", Thomson, John

Subject: British Islands

Period: 1817 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.6 x 19.7 inches
59.9 x 50 cm
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This interesting sheet contains five separate maps and two vignettes: Isles of Guernsey, Herm, Sark and Alderney; Isle of Jersey; Isles of Scilly; Isle of Mann; Isle of Wight; View of Eddystone Light House; and Freshwater Bay, in the Isle of Wight, with a distant View of the Needle Rocks. The maps provide excellent detail of the islands including settlement, roads, forts and topography.

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Condition: B

Some light offsetting.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $110

Closed on 9/28/2005

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