The Oxford Regional Maps: 'Midlands'
G. W. Oxford
Category
Maps
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper and linen
Measurements
1128 mm (width); 850 mm (height)
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670023
Summary
A large wall map, one of The Oxford Regional Maps, entitled 'Midlands', and showing principal towns, products and communications. It is colour-printed on linen-backed white paper, on the outside of which is a white label giving details of its title and publisher. In each of the top corners is a large gold-coloured metal eyelet. The map is quite dirty and there is a large red ink stain.
Makers and roles
G. W. Oxford, cartographer Oxford University Press , engraver and publisher