[Locker, Arthur] (Ed.)

A GENERAL VIEW OF BELFAST, ULSTER, THE CHIEF MANUFACTURING CITY OF IRELAND from "THE GRAPHIC" NEWSPAPER [MAP OF BELFAST]

The Graphic, 1886. Map. Engraving of Belfast City from the British Illustrated newspaper "The Graphic", dated (on map's margin) July 3, 1886. This is page 13/14. Map: 9 in. X 13.75 in.; Paper: 11.75 in. x 15.75 in. The illustrated map offers a bird's-eye view of the spread of Belfast with a legend identifying by number forty-one of Belfast's most notorious places.

Verso of map, which is page 14 of "The Graphic" listes a detailed biography of each member of "The Colonial Executive Commissioners for the Colonial and Indian Exhibitions and nine short news items, including an article about the diseases responsible for the increasing mortality rate in London and a fine levied against a merchant for selling butter with too high a percentage of foreign fat.

Half-inch closed tear to top edge. Light, even age-toning to paper. Very Good Plus. Item #100357

The Graphic was a British weekly illustrated newspaperpublished from 1869 to 1932. It successfully competed with the popular Illustrated London News. In addition to its home market, the paper had subscribers all around the British Empire and North America. It sought to bring awareness to prevailing issues in the British empire such as poverty, homelessness, and public health, and also devoted attention to literature, arts, sciences, the fashionable world, sport, music and opera. In 1886, it's editor was Arthur Locker.

Price: $100.00