Untitled [Plate B2 - The West End With Bond & Oxford Streets]
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The well-to-do and bustling West End mapped in the time of George III. This sheet extends from Harley Street in the north to Piccadilly in the south and from Grosvenor Square in the west to Wardour Street in the east. 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 with every house shown (with its number, if it had one) along with alleyways, courts and even vacant plots. Among the subscribers were the directors of the Phoenix Assurance Office to whose trustees and directors Horwood dedicated the map. At no less than 26 inches to the mile it would have repaid the insurers' investment, affording detailed knowledge of London's potential fire risks. The name of the engraver, Spear, appears in the lower left corner. Slight evidence of old folds, otherwise in good, clean condition.
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