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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