BRITISH EMPIRE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD exhibited in one view – British Empire map, A. Fullarton, 1868

Description

“British Empire Throughout The World exhibited in one view” – a copper engraved and hand-coloured map of British Empire published by Archibald Fullarton in The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography, first published in 1862 for the Great London Exposition of 1862, and in later editions.

The International of 1862, or Great London Exposition, was a world’s fair. It was held from 1 May to 1 November 1862, beside the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington, London, England, on a site that now houses museums including the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. The exposition was sponsored by the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Trade, and featured over 28,000 exhibitors from 36 countries, representing a wide range of industry, technology, and the arts. It attracted about 6.1 million visitors.

Archibald Fullarton and Co. was a prominent publisher in Glasgow in the 1800s, and maintained a prodigious output of books, atlases and maps. The company produced the last maps to boast decorative vignettes. “Fullarton’s Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales”, was a set of finely engraved maps of the counties, recording the changes brought about by the Great Reform Bill, which was the basis of Britain’s modern parliamentary constituencies, and went through a large numbers of editions. Another monumental work by the firm was the “Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography”.

This poster is a high quality “giclee” reproduction of a restored antique original, custom-printed on Standard Single-weight Matt Coated art paper 140gsm or  Heavyweight Matt Coated art paper 230gsm (more of a thin card density), or superb Epson Matt Canvas 320gsm, according to your choice. We use the latest UltraChromeHDX pigment inks which guarantee 60 years of colour  permanence (up to 200 years fade-proof for colour prints).  This poster is suitable for mounting and framing, as well as direct display on a wall.

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