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A Map of Bradford

Design
ca. 1945 (made)
Artist/Maker
Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Drawing in pen and ink and pencil on tracing paper

Object details

Categories
Printed Pages & Sheets
Maps
Object type
Design
TitleA Map of Bradford (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and pencil on tracing paper
Brief description
A handrawn map of Bradford suburbs in pen and ink and pencil on tracing paper, prepared for reproduction and publication by the Geographers' A-Z Map Company, about 1945
Physical description
Drawing in pen and ink and pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions
  • Height: 68.7cm
  • Width: 52.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 59/ 12/ 81/ 103/ 17/ 100/ 78/ 56/ 57/ 58 (Handwritten in red pencil crayon around the edges of the map, clockwise from top right corner)
  • 15-16 (Handwritten in blue pencil crayon, bottom right corner)
  • 14 (Handwritten in green pencil crayon, bottom left corner)
  • B1 (Handwritten in pencil, bottom right corner)
  • ITEM 2 (Handwritten on adhesive address label, stuck on bottom left corner)
  • 79/ 80/ 101/ 102 (Handwritten in red pencil crayon within the map)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Phyllis Pearsall MBE, FRGS
Subject depicted
Map
Place depicted
Bradford
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.860-2003

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Record createdSeptember 24, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O105761/a-map-of-bradford-design-geographers-a-z/
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