Person    | Male  Born 1816  Died 3/6/1876

John Tallis

Categories: Art

Cartographic publisher. He set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplegate in 1842, moving to Smithfield in 1846. The company published views of London and world atlases. He started 'The Illustrated News of the World and National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages' in 1858.

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John Tallis

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Charles Ricketts

Charles Ricketts

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John Singer Sargent

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Omega Workshops

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