Bella mappa pittorica del distretto del tessuto della Colne Valley nello Yorkshire Inglese disegnata da MacDonald Gill, il più famoso degli artisti britannici di questo genere di carte illustrate. Questa parte dello Yorkshire era al tempo una delle principali fonti di produzione tessile e la mappa fornisce una meravigliosa rappresentazione delle fabbriche, dei bacini idrici e delle vie di trasporto necessarie per facilitare la creazione e la distribuzione. In basso a destra si indica che “Questa mappa dell’Huddersfield & District Woollen Export Group è stata disegnata da MacDonald Gill nel 1946”; si ipotizza quindi che questa sia probabilmente l’ultima mappa pittorica di Gill, prima della sua scomparsa nel 1947.
La carta è contenuta nel libro “Colne Valley Cloth from the Earliest Times to the Present Day” di Bentley Phyllis pubblicato a Londra nel 1947 dall’editore Curwen Press per The Huddersfield and District Woollen Export Group. Nel volume si contano altre quattro illustrazioni di MacDonal Gill.
A Map of The Colne Valley Cloth District
Fine 1947 pictorial map by MacDonald Gill showing the Colne Valley Cloth District in Yorkshire, England.
- Dimension: 33 x 49 cm
- Place of publication: London
- Year: 1947
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