Tallis Crimea

John Tallis.
The Crimea.
London, the London Printing and Publishing Company, 1861. Steel-engraving, original outline colour. 260 x 330mm. A little faint staining.
£68
The Crimea, decorated with vignette prospects of Sebastopol, Eupatoria, the Banks of the Alma and Balaklava Harbour. When the map was first published the Crimean War was still being fought: on the map is marked the undersea 'Electric Telegraph from Varna', extending to Eupatoria, another base of the Allies. TALL0050