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Untitled [The City & Environs]

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This double-sheet from Richard Horwood's multi-sheet map of London extends from Finsbury Square in the north to Tower Hill in the south, and from St Martin Le Grand in the west to Whitechapel in east. Thus, this sheet depicts much of the City in great detail with the large and dominant Bank of England almost at its centre. Horwood's map is described by Howgego as, "the largest and most important map of London from the eighteenth century." The survey took no less than nine years to complete, showing every house (with its street number, if it had one), alleyways, courts and even vacant plots. Among the subscribers to the map were the directors of the Phoenix Assurance Office to whose trustees and directors Horwood dedicated the map. At the massive scale of 26 inches to one mile, the insurers had a vested interest in the project - it would have repaid their investment in the map, affording detailed knowledge of London's potential fire risks and those in need of their insurance services! This sheet has a printed date of 1799 in the lower margin. Restoration to old folds, marginal tears and other areas of paper weakness. Nevertheless, a most detailed and important map sheet of this area of London.

region: London Maps & Plans

mapmaker: R.Horwood

place and date of publication: London 1799

medium and colour: copperplate, Original colour
size in cms: 99.5 x 56

ref: 32228
literature: Howgego, Printed Maps Of London, 200, (1).

Price: £ 1200

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