A Map of the Crimea by Ambrose Shardlow. Standard Hill Academy.

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A well-executed manuscript map of the Crimean peninsular drawn by a pupil of the Standard Hill Academy during the Crimean War (1854-1856). The academy was established in Nottingham by the landscape artist William Goodacre (d.1888), who had earlier contributed drawings to a topographical study of the USA published in 1835. This map, by an amateur hand, is very accomplished, showing the major road networks and topographical features of the region.Manuscript map (40 x 54 cm), pen and black ink, outlined in watercolour, on thick card; light surface dirt and browning, minor spotting; hinged into cloth covered boards of that time, other leaves removed, folio (55.5 x 41 cm); worn with some spotting. Show more