Map of Victorian London, 1863 decorate the clothing industry and social

the clothing industry and social history in general

an instruction sheet

The Gaming House is the sixth painting from Hogarth's A Rake's Progress series

it was an age of many contradictions - where Beethoven's thundering Fifth Symphony could premier in the same year that saw Jane Austen craft the delicate sensitivities of Persuasion

198mm x 18mm x 129mm

Map of Victorian London, 1863 decorate the clothing industry and socialThis 1863 map of the centre of the Victorian capital includes prominent buildings such as the British Museum, the Foundling Hospital, Charter House, St Paul's Cathedral, Somerset House, and, of course, Sir John Soane's Museum. Four bridges across the Thames (Waterloo, Blackfriars, Southwark, and London bridge) are also shown. Folding maps evolved in the mid 18th century when the extending system of properly maintained turnpike roads made long distance