| Method | Steel engraved with original hand colour |
| Artist | Turrell, Edmund after Clarke, William Barnard |
| Published | Drawn by W.B. Clarke, Archt. Engraved by E. Turrell. Published by Baldwin & Cradock, 47 Paternoster Row, 1836. |
| Dimensions | 295 x 385 mm |
| Notes |
A nineteenth century city plan of Dublin, engraved by Turrell for the Society for the Diffusion on Useful Knowledge (SDUK). Along the bottom edge of the map are a series of elevations of the city's principal buildings. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK), founded in 1826 lasting only until 1848, was a Whiggish London organisation that published inexpensive texts intended to adapt scientific and similarly high-minded material for the rapidly expanding reading public. The Society's main purpose was to encourage universal literacy by publishing numbers of books of good quality that would be affordable to all. It was established mainly at the instigation of Lord Brougham with the object of publishing information to people who were unable to obtain formal teaching, or who preferred self-education. Edmund Turrell (1781-1835) was a British engraver and an Associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Little is known about his life, though he was made a gold medallist by the Society of Arts for the composition of his etching fluid. William Barnard Clarke (1806-1865) was a British architect, draughtsman, antiquarian, and mapmaker, best known for his studies of Pompeii, his celebrated restoration of Waltham Cross, and his prolific contributions to the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. After spending a number of years in Germany, he also published an English translation of Goethe's Faust. Condition: Light time toning to margins. Old adhesive stains to bottom right corner of sheet, not affecting map. Blank on verso. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £275.00 |
| Stock ID | 50650 |