COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211265
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C385
Image Title:
View of London Bridge from East to West
Parent Work Title:
View of London Bridge from East to West
Creator:
Norden, John, 1548-1625?
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
1919
Description:
Map: London. Monochrome artistic drawing of London and London Bridge featuring boats in the river and a horizon of buildings. The ornate title is centre top with a cherub either side. The three cartouches at the bottom are filled with text. The left hand one reads: 'To the right honorable Sr Ric. Saltonstall Lord Mayor of the Citie of London' and praises the bridge. The centre box says: 'By John Norden Specta et habes quantum ego Cum privilegio'. The third contains details of the bridge. Along the bottom is printed: ' Photo-engraved by the courtesy of Sir Sidney Lee from an impression, unique in this state, engraved in the year 1597. Beneath this is: 'London: Published by the London Topographical society at 17 Baker Street in the Borough of St Mary-le-bone, September 1919'.
Language Code:
lat
Language Name:
Latin
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printed
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Greater London: London
Item Height:
470 mm
Item Width:
620 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-02-07
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
