The Man Who Drew London
With apologies for the gap since the last post here, I thought I'd just let you know about a small upcoming exhibition, which follows on neatly from the success of London: A Life in Maps.
From 20th July a new display, Hollar as a Mapmaker, will be viewable in the Maps Reading Room lobby here at the British Library in St Pancras. The display celebrates the 400th anniversary of the birth of the Czech artist and etcher Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677). Best known for his landscapes, portraits, fashion plates and depictions of antiquities, Hollar also had a lifelong love of maps and earned a living by etching them. It's only a small exhibition with an accompanying leaflet, but it will feature some of the most outstanding but little-known decorative examples of his work, which incorporate views and portraits. It will also include his anguished cartographical portrayal of the English and Czech civil wars and what is perhaps the most minute panorama and bird’s-eye view of London ever to be created (links are to examples on our Images Online website).
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Posted by: Ben | 22 August 2007 at 11:14 PM
Here is a panorama of the British Library linked to a Google map. It is one of over 100 images taken around London which are found on this London map of panoramas. I did not take one inside, but I think that would not be allowed!
Posted by: Peter | 16 November 2007 at 12:07 AM
Here is a panorama of the British Library linked to a Google map. It is one of over 100 images taken around London which are found on this London map of panoramas. I did not take one inside, but I think that would not be allowed!
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Posted by: Herstory | 28 January 2009 at 01:56 AM
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Posted by: CAD services | 04 April 2009 at 06:40 AM
Dear sir
I am planning to make a tracking map for Sherlock Holmes stories.
I require maps from the period 1890-1908. Since I am not even conversant with the London of present times , my knowledge of London at that time is practically nil. Could you suggest me some resource (preferably online downloadable with sort of index of streets )of that period.
Ayush Chaudhary
Pune, India
ayushgen@yahoo.co.in
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