John Tallis
British cartographer
Died when: 58 years 200 days (702 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
John Tallis (7 November 1817 – 3 June 1876) was an English cartographic publisher.His company, John Tallis & Company, published views, maps and atlases in London from roughly 1838 to 1851.
Tallis set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplegate in 1842; the business moved to Smithfield in 1846, and was dissolved in 1849.
From 1851 to 1854 Tallis operated as John Tallis & Company.He started the which issued engraved portraits as supplements in a series entitled ‘National Portrait Gallery of eminent personages' in 1858, selling it for £1,370 in 1861; it folded in 1863.
The series was subsequently republished in a number of separate volumes.He lived in New Cross, South East London.His house on New Cross Road is listed as a Building of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, grade II.
It has a blue plaque on the wall to signal the event.