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Re: John Leather, ‘Plan of Sheffield in 1823’

Hi there

I have a very old 1832 map of the 'Town of Sheffield and its Environs' protected behind glass in a wooden frame. It looks like a print by J. Tayler of The Strand. London. It Looks like an original print on old paper. The colour of the aged background is cream and the printing ink is a light brown, maybe aged over time from an original darker shade. It is quite a large map. The paper is somewhat cockled maybe due to damp conditions before I got it, but it is undamaged otherwise.

Is this the original (print?) you mention?

Re: John Leather, ‘Plan of Sheffield in 1823’

Hi Again

I know I put 1832 and you specified 1823, but I was quoting from memory of the date on mine as I an not at home. So thought I'd mention that in case I'm remembering the date transposed. I don't know if there is an 1823 map AND an 1832 map. I'm going to investigate the ones on here now to see which one is the same as mine.

Re: John Leather, ‘Plan of Sheffield in 1823’

This is the link to PictureSheffield

https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y09447&pos=13&action=zoom&id=63784

The original is in the Local Studies Library

Hugh

Re: John Leather, ‘Plan of Sheffield in 1823’

Hi again

Mine is definitely 1832, I've seen it now, although I cannot liken it well enough to the small black and white section of the Sheffield centre section of an 1832 Sheffield map that I have on my hard drive which I downloaded some years ago. As that one is not sharp enough. But I suspect it is just a small section of mine and a photocopy that has been scanned in on a low resolution.

Does anyone know if the original prints of such old maps went brown over time? If so I think mine might be an original print. It looks extremely old and has benefited from being ptotected for some time behind glass.