Charminster in Dorset

Original antique Lithograph illustrating Charminster in Dorset. Published in 1857 by John Pouncy for the Dorchester Photographic Institution. Together with a separate page of descriptive text. Illustration size approx 20x28cm. Very good condition. Rare.

John Pouncy (1818-1894) A pioneer in the development of Photography. This original photo-lithograph is from an extremely scarce collection of views published by the Dorchester Photographic Institution in 1857. The First publication in England to use this process created by Pouncy.