Sidney Hall (1788?–1831) was a British engraver and

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well known and popular for his early nineteenth century

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es containing maps of the United Kingdom and of the

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reproduced from Hall's engravings. Hall made engravings for a number of international atlases at a time when

cartography Cartography (; from , 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and , 'write') is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an imagined reality) can ...

and atlases were very popular. He also engraved a series of cards for the various

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s, published c.1825 in a boxed set called ''

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''.Hall engraved maps for

William Faden William Faden (1749–1836) was an English cartographer and a publisher of maps. He was the royal geographer to King George III. He replaced Thomas Jefferys in that role. The title of "geographer to the king" was given to various people in ...

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, and

Chapman & Hall Chapman & Hall is an imprint owned by CRC Press, originally founded as a British publishing house in London in the first half of the 19th century by Edward Chapman and William Hall. Chapman & Hall were publishers for Charles Dickens (from 1840 ...

, among many others. In 1809 he operated at 5 Vine Street, Picadilly, London. In 1814 he was in partnership with Michael Thomson operating at 14 Bury Street in the Bloomsbury District and later was listed at 18 Bury Street. Hall is credited with "almost certainly" being the first engraver to use steel plates in map engraving. Hall died in 1831 at the age of 42. The business was carried on by map engraver

Selina Hall Selina Hall (1780?–1853) was a British engraver and printer in London who prepared maps for several well-known works including John Gorton's ''A Topographical Dictionary'', Charles Black's ''1840 General Atlas'' and several Chapman & Hall publ ...

, his widow.

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* 1780s births 1831 deaths British engravers British cartographers 19th-century British printmakers {{UK-printmaker-stub