John Tallis

John Tallis (7 November 1817[1] – 3 June 1876) was an English cartographic publisher.

[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.

His house on New Cross Road is listed as a Building of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, grade II.

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