George Heriot Swanston

George Heriot Swanston (7 May 1814 in Edinburgh – ?) was a Scottish map engraver,[1] 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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Engraving from the Royal Illustrated Atlas

References
  1. Withers, Charles W. J. (3 July 2019). "On Trial—Social Relations of Map Production in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Britain". Imago Mundi. 71 (2): 173–195. doi:10.1080/03085694.2019.1607044. hdl:20.500.11820/9f73e764-e10a-43d4-a0ab-e17e167fb18c. ISSN 0308-5694. S2CID 195582902.


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