Read, Mary (sold)
Mary Read (fl. c. 1850 – 1865) was a British lithographer and publisher of illustrated children's books, general interest books, prints, and views active in London during the middle part of the 19th century. Read had the distinction of being one of the few independent female publisher's active in the 19th century. To our knowledge she issued by three birds-eye views and no maps. These include two views of India, and one of the eastern part of the United States during the Civil War. Little else is know of the woman or the firm. Her firm was based at 10 Johnson Court, Fleet Street, London.
Chromo of the Crimean War by a female publisher.
A Panoramic View of the Seat of War in the East. Shewing the Crimea - The Black Sea - The Sea of Azof, with the Countries Bordering thereon Including the Danubian Provinces - Southern Russia - the Country Inhabited by the Don Cossacks - Circassia - Georgia - European and Asiatic Turkey, etc., etc.
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This is a rare 1855 Mary Read chromolithograph bird's-eye view of Crimea and the Black Sea during the Crimean War (1853 - 1856). This piece represents the remarkable work of one of the few independent female lithographers active in the 19th century. It emerged during the Crimean War - a wildly unpopular conflict in public opinion that nonetheless reshaped mid-19th-century European alliances. (more details)
Extraordinary bird's eye view of India during the 1857 Indian Rebellion.
India at a Glance. No. 2. Read's Birds' Eye View of India, showing all the principal cities, Military Stations, Rivers, Railways, Telegraphs, &C. From Cape Comorin to the Himalaya Mountains.
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A map of the utmost rarity, this is Mary Read's 1857 chromolithograph bird's eye view of India. The view presents the subcontinent as it might be seen from somewhere high above the Indian ocean just south of Sri Lanka. The map covers from the Himalayas south to ... (more details)