after J. B. Wallace, plotting the railway line from Liverpool to Manchester, and the line south from Newton Junction to Birmingham, with north oriented to the upper left, originally half of a two-strip map that also showed the line from Birmingham to London, this present strip with an inset profile view of a steam locomotive and carriages, and topographical sections of the two lines,
original hand-coloured engraving, 215 x 415 mm. (8 1/2 x 16 1/4 in), a few short splits and occasional small losses on old vertical folds, the sheet backed on fine linen and paper, the left sheet edge stained, affecting that border line, slightly unevenly trimmed at edges,