Wallis’ Map of Poland Dodecanese Leboff and Demuth draw attention

Leboff and Demuth draw attention to the delicate way in which the lines are drawn (so that they do not ‘swamp’ the important street names) and note the striking border

quoted at the head of this map

There are scenes of daily life in the foreground: laden donkeys

The plates seem to have been acquired by Stockdale after Andrews' death in 1798

when and how caught

Wallis’ Map of Poland Dodecanese Leboff and Demuth draw attentionThis map of Poland was published in Oddys New General Atlas of the World. It is coloured according to the third partition of 1795, by which the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth was divided between Prussia, Austria and Russia. James Wallis (fl. 1810 1825) was born in Southampton in 1784, the son of a bricklayer. Apprenticed to John Roper in 1799, he learned the art of engraving. In later life he is variously recorded as a commission and discount agent