(England) A Pictorial Chart of English... Food & Wine Maps covering a portion from Johnson

covering a portion from Johnson St

Shows the roads and railroads

Dense with articulated topography as well as place names and mount heights

Rooted in the distorted pun rich maps of the 1920's and before

including a theorized route full of Biblical notations

(England) A Pictorial Chart of English... Food & Wine Maps covering a portion from JohnsonA Pictorial Chart of English Literature Compiled by Ethel Wylie and illustrated by Ella Van Leer, this is an exemplary instance of what early pictorial maps were like. While they obviously draw on historic cartography, its the new approach that the artist weaves in with their own style, priority and composition. Produced during a time that Rand McNally realized the draw and popularity of the pictorial style, this was one of their thematic publications