Sidney Hall
British cartographer
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| Intro | British cartographer | ||
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | ||
| was | Cartographer | ||
| Work field | Arts Science | ||
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| Birth | 1 January 1788 | ||
| Death | 1 January 1831 (aged 43 years) | ||
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Sidney Hall (1788–1831) was a British engraver and cartographer well known and popular for his early nineteenth century atlases containing maps of the United Kingdom and of the ancient world reproduced from Hall's engravings. Hall made engravings for a number of international atlases at a time when cartography and atlases were very popular. He also engraved a series of cards for the various constellations, published c.1825 in a boxed set called Urania's Mirror.