Dame Venodotia, Alias Modryb Gwen; A Map of North Wales.
Carvarvon,
Published by H. Humphreys, Castle Square,
[c.1851].
Lithograph map, hand-coloured.
(sheet) 385 by 290mm (15.25 by 11.5 inches).
1155
notes:
North Wales is here depicted as an old woman in traditional Welsh dress with a heavy sack on her back. Below the map is a table of the northern Welsh counties together with the principal cities, towns and villages.
Joseph Josiah Dodd (1809-1894) was a topographical artist and engraver, who worked in Carnarvon from 1851.
Rare; Worldcat only records one institutional example that in the British Library. ...
Joseph Josiah Dodd (1809-1894) was a topographical artist and engraver, who worked in Carnarvon from 1851.
Rare; Worldcat only records one institutional example that in the British Library. ...
bibliography:
BLMC Maps 6096.(12.)
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