Description: contact usebay profileebay store Royal Exchange, Cornhill Cartographer : - Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1793 - 1864) Date: - 1829 Size: - 7 1/2in x 5in (190mm x 130mm)Ref#: - 26344-1Condition: - (A+) Fine Condition Description: This original copper plate engraved antique print by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, was engraved by John Henshall & published by Jones & Co. London in 1829 - dated at the foot of the print - in the monumental book Metropolitan Improvements. General Definitions: Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable Paper color : - off white Age of map color: - Early Colors used: - Yellow, green, pink, blue General color appearance: - Authentic Paper size: - 7 1/2in x 5in (190mm x 130mm) Plate size: - 7 1/2in x 5in (190mm x 130mm) Margins: - Min 1/2in (12mm) Imperfections: Margins: - None Plate area: - None Verso: - NoneBackground: The Royal Exchange in London was founded in the 16th century by the merchant Sir Thomas Gresham on the suggestion of his factor Richard Clough to act as a centre of commerce for the City of London. The site was provided by the City of London Corporation and the Worshipful Company of Mercers, who still jointly own the freehold. It is trapezoidal in shape and is flanked by Cornhill and Threadneedle Street, which converge at Bank junction in the heart of the city. It lies in the ward of Cornhill. Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1793 - 1864) The topographical draughtsman Thomas Hosmer Shepherd was born in 1793. He often collaborated with his older brother George Sidney Shepherd (1784–1862), for example in a series of street views for Ackermanns Repository of the Arts (1809). Shepherd was best known for his depictions of modern, fashionable cities, although he was equally at home with natural landscapes as evidenced by his illustrations to Thomas Roses Westmorland (1832) and William Gray Fearnsides Views of the Rhine (1832). Shepherd’s real break came in 1826 when Jones & Co. commissioned a series of views of London’s newest buildings, streets, and squares for engraving in Metropolitan Improvements (1827), with a text by the architect James Elmes. The success of the book spawned successors: Modern Athens (1828), a similar volume on Edinburgh, and another called Bath and Bristol … Displayed (1829). Between 1826 and 1831 Shepherd is supposed to have produced designs for some 450 plates. Many of these designs were reworked for similar projects later in Shepherd’s career, such as Charles Frederick Partingtons Natural History and Views of London (1835) and Charles Knight’s London (1841–4). Alongside his prolific artistic practice, Shepherd worked as a drawing master for he was perennially poor. For this reason Shepherd’s relationship with the collector Frederick Crace was crucial for his career. Between 1809 and 1859 Crace consistently commissioned Shepherd to make watercolours of specific London sites, and the renown of Crace’s collection of London views (now in the British Museum) in turn led to further commissions for Shepherd (often for further versions of the same view). Fittingly, Shepherds last dated drawing comes from five weeks before Crace’s death in 1859 – Shepherd’s death followed five years later in 1864. What is an Antique Map The word Antique in the traditional sense refers to an item that is more than a hundred years old. In the past maps were sold in two forms, as a single sheet (broadsheet) or bound in an atlas or book. The majority of antique maps for sale today come from books or atlases and have survived due to the protection offered by the hardback covers. When considering a purchase The first thing to determine when staring a collection or purchasing an item, is what is important to you. Most collectors prefer to build their collections around a theme. You may decide to collect maps from one region or country, charting its development through time. Similarly you could collect maps of one particular period in time, by type (i.e. sea or celestial charts) or by cartographer. The collector might also want to consider the theme of cartographical misconceptions such as California as an island or Australia as Terra Australis or the Great Southern Land. 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Price: 35 USD
Location: Ivanhoe, VIC
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Style: Antique
Age: 1800-1849
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Origin: United Kingdom