Geological map of Cumberland (Fry, c.1814)

Geological map of Cumberland. probably by Joseph Harrison Fry (1777-1855). On a base map by John Cary, 1793. On the reverse, underneath the cloth on which the map has been mounted can be faintly seen the following annotation: Cumberland geolog report by Mr Fryer'. In the Memoir to George Bellas Greenough's Geological Map of England and Wales (1820) he thanks Joseph H Fryer of Lysick Hall, Cumberland, who had sent him three maps of Cumberland, Westmorland and Durham coloured according to the boundaries of their respective strata in 1814. This item is presumably one of these. Watercolour on printed base

1793 1814 According Annotation Bellas Boundaries Cumberland Durham Faintly Fryer Geological Greenoughs Item Memoir Presumably Respective Strata Thanks Underneath Westmorland

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