Strangers Guide to London-Cloth Map Print 1837

Strangers Guide to London-Cloth Map Print 1837Individually handmade made in the family run workshop of craftsman Phillip Burrough, this map is laid on high quality cloth and beautifully presented in an antique marbled slip case. Mogg's Strangers Guide to London was first printed in 1837. It was originally made by the publisher and engraver Edward Mogg who specialised in maps and guides of London and its surroundings. Folding maps came into being in the mid 18th century when turnpike roads became

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and restores to Black people their central role in Britain's past

Publisher: Old House

Turnham Green W4 - London's first garden suburb

The Elephant and Castle

Arthur Watts' colourful watercolour shows a roundabout on Hampstead Heath

View of the 'standard' view of the finished design of Crystal Palace

Among the working class crowd on the left is a Black man kissing a woman holding a pie

Etching and dry point drawing showing Eagle Wharf

Bird's eye view of Surrey Commercial Docks looking east