Cruchley 1870s

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	item:- JandMN : JIG116 image:- ©  see bottom of page	click to enlarge
	Railway map, ?mahogany jigsaw puzzle, Cruchley's Travelling Railway Map of England and Wales, scale about 20 miles to 1 inch, by George F Cruchley, published by Gall and Inglis, Edinburgh, Lothian, jigsaw made by William Peacock, London, 1870s. The map is cut out county by county, fairly true to the printed borders, note that Yorkshire is cut in two with an interlocking join; the counties have a coloured line round the edge and are tinted, four colours are used, of course. The companion picture on the box label has female figures of Europe, Asia, America and Africa, and small scenes of a gentleman's study with globe, palette, retort, bust, clock, book, etc, a scene of a train entering a tunnel by the sea, with a steam and sail coaster, and a quayside scene with locomotives, anchor, goods, etc. ?Sold by Charles Henry, 22 King Street, Manchester, Lancashire. The railways shown suggest a date in the late 1870s.
		Cruchley 1870s
	map feature:-	up is N & scale line & lat and long scales & lat and long grid & table of symbols & sea plain & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & county & settlements & roads & railways & canals & electric telegraph
	jigsaw feature:-	hand coloured & paper backed & hand cut & 90 piece & big piece & non interlocking pieces & interlocking border & picture pieces (counties) & sliding lid box & companion picture (on box label)
	inscription:-	printed jigsaw CRUCHLEY'S / TRAVELLING / RAILWAY MAP / OF / ENGLAND AND WALES
	inscription:-	printed jigsaw PUBLISHED BY GALL & INGLIS, EDINBURGH
	inscription:-	printed label on box SUPERIOR / DISSECTED / MAPS / BY / W. PEACOCK. / ENGLAND & WALES
	inscription:-	printed label on box MAN PUB BY WILLIAM PEACOCK, LONDON
	inscription:-	printed label on underside of box CHARLES HENRY / 22 KING ST. / MANCHESTER garter
	scale line:-	70 miles = 94.1 mm (approx)
	wxh:-	50.5x59.5cm
	scale:-	1 to 1200000 ? (1 to 1232539 from scale line)
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