Engraving Surre Surrey Map Benjamin Baker

Original antique engraving map of Surrey - Surre. Good condition, paper losses on margin, creases on margin, tears on margin, light staining, pencil mark in margin. County: UK, year of printing: 1800s, designer: Benj Baker and Assistants, size (cm): 100x68. Benjamin Baker (publisher/printer; printmaker; 1766 - 1841). Map engraver and publisher. Engraved numerous maps for William Faden and various leading publishers before becoming principal engraver to the Ordnance Survey in 1804. His duties included not only carrying out the more complex engraving but supervising the other engravers and seeing the maps through the press. Baker and his team came to be regarded as "the best topographical engravers in Europe" (Seymour). Benjamin was the son of Edward Baker and Mary Howard (mar. 1756).