However, my wife does have an eBay store with many attractive old maps & prints on offer.
Do visit my wife's eBay Store, JULIE'S ANTIQUE PRINTS.
You will find a nice range of antique prints, engravings, maps and books.
Antique prints by mail order.
Besley's
Views of Cornwall. c.1854
With Illustrations
This Page is provided as a REFERENCE RESOURCE - it is NOT an Inventory.
We
are now
retired and the Postaprint Website
is no longer available. However this series of Reference Pages are being
left on line. We do hope you will find them to informative and helpful. They
provide details of many of the maps, books and engravings we had the pleasure of dealing in over so
many years.
A full index of all the Reference Pages will be found
HERE.
However, my wife does have an eBay store with
many attractive old maps & prints on offer.
Do visit my wife's eBay Store,
JULIE'S ANTIQUE PRINTS.
You will find a nice range of antique
prints, engravings, maps and books.
POSTAPRINT supplied picture framers and antiquarian map & print dealers for over a quarter of a century. Examples of the cartographer's art from the 16th to the 19th century, along with engravings, lithographs and etchings by leading artists of their generation. Historical maps, views, and engravings on virtually every subject, including Vanity Fair (Spy) Cartoons. Postaprint also supplied antique prints and maps to Art Galleries, Shops and Fine Art Retailers.
Some Interesting information about G. Townsend
G. Townsend Supplied decorative images for the Illustrated London News in 1860. Primarily an ornamental artist. He moved to Exeter where he continued to work producing topographical images of Cornwall.
The other artist who produced work for this publication was R. T. Pentreath.
THIS IS A LIST OF THE ENGRAVINGS.
Click any underlined text to view the scanned image.
BOTALLACK
MINE.Tin Mining.
CAPE
CORNWALL Near LAND'S END.
FALMOUTH
FROM FLUSHING. Many ships
in harbour. Figures.
FALMOUTH
FROM PENDENNIS. Many
ships. Figures. Soldiers. Harbour.
FOWEY. Figures.Horse.Ships. A fine view.
GURNARD'S
HEAD: ATTRACTIVE VIGNETTE.
HAYLE. ST IVES In the distance
KYNANCE
COVE FROM THE RILL.
LAMORNA. Mining.
LAND'S
END and LONGSHIPS.
LIZARD FROM PENOLVER ROCKS. Men shooting.
LOGAN
ROCK. Figures
LOSTWITHIEL. Train.
MILL BAY NEAR LAND'S END.Ships.
MOUNT'S
BAY FROM GULVAL CARN.
Figures. A fine view.
MULLION Near the LIZARD
PENZANCE
FROM LESCUDJACK. Horses
foreground. Lady riding Sidesaddle.
PENZANCE
FROM NEWLYN BATTERY. A
slightly weak impression
PENZANCE
FROM THE SEA. Ships.
St.
AUSTELL. Train on Viaduct.
Cattle.
TIN MINE. MEN WORKING.
TOL-PEDEN-PENWITH Nr LANDS END:VIGNETTE. Sea birds. Ship in
the distance.
Interesting Related Links
National Parks of the South West of England
Postaprint - Excursions in the county of Cornwall - 1824
Postaprint - Attractive Views of Cornwall from Devonshire and Cornwall Illustrated - 1832
SOME GIFT IDEAS FROM JULIE
FOR THE HARD TO BUY FOR,
perhaps a map or print of somewhere important in their lives. For example, where
they were born, got married, went on honeymoon etc.
A general search should find that, I do have a wide selection
of topographical views and historical maps.
America's,
UK,
Europe,
Asia,
Africa,
Australia,
The World, Etc.
Or do a search for their last name, you will be surprised
what you might discover.
This of course applies to anniversaries, graduations, births etc. For
example some friends of mine are soon to celebrate their Silver Wedding
Anniversary, so I am having the SILVER BIRCH FLOWER
FAIRY matted & framed for them.
Or for the little person in your life, the Cicely M. Barker Flower Fairy
Alphabet makes a wonderful keepsake if you buy the letters to spell their name.
For instance, the letters below spell M A R
Y !
To see all my Flower Fairy offerings, please click here.
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