John Tallis

John Tallis (7 November 1817^[1] – 3 June 1876) was an English cartographic publisher.^[2] 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.^[2] From 1851 to 1854 Tallis operated as John Tallis & Company.^[2] He started the Illustrated News of the World 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

• John Tallis London Street Views 1838-1840 A collection of sketches of London streets and businesses from the early Victorian era

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