About G. H. Swanston
Born 1814. G. H. Swanston was a cartographer and lithographer.
George Heriot Swanston (7 May 1814 in Edinburgh – ?) was a Scottish map engraver, particularly noted for his engravings and vignettes illustrating Archibald Fullarton & Co's Royal Illustrated Atlas in the 1860s. He often collaborated with another Scot, the cartographer John Bartholomew. George Heriot was the son of George Swanston who had married Margaret Heriot on 2 November 1807 at Canongate in Edinburgh.
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Who was G. H. Swanston?
Scottish cartographer
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G. H. Swanston was born on 7 May 1814.
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