Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL1211267
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Reference Number:
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Booker & Mills C395
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Image Title:
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London after the Fire of london
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Parent Work Title:
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An exact survey of the streets lanes and churches contained within the ruines of the City of London first described in six plat by John Leake, John Jennings, William Marr, Will Leyburn, Thomas Streete & Richard Shortgrave in Dec. A. 1666 by the order of the Lord Mayor Alderman nd common councell of the said city. Reduced her into one plat by John Leake, the city wall being added also. The places where the halls flood are exprest by coats of armes, & all the wards divided by pricks & Alphabet: The Prospect of the City as it appeared from the opposite Southwarke side in the fire time.
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Creator:
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Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677
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Creator Role:
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Engraver
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Date Created:
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1908
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Page/Sheet:
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Sheet 1
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Image Sequence Number:
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001
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Image Sequence Total:
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002
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Description:
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Map: London. Monochrome artistic drawing of London. The top quarter features London on fire viewed from across the Thames. The bottom section shows a street map of the area North of the river. Bottom left is a scale bar showing 'Scale of feet'. Underneath is printed: 'Published with the description of the words by the care industry and the charge of Nathanaell Brooke stationer and are to be sould at his shop at the Angell in the second yard of Gresham Colledge leading from Bishopgate street'. Along the bottom is printed: ' Sheet 1' and 'Published by the London Topographical Society at 32 George Street Hanover Square, London W 1908'.
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Language Name:
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English
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Language Code:
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eng
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Sub-Category:
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Maps
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Technique Used:
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Printed
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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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17th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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England: Greater London: London
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Item Height:
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630 mm
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Item Width:
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470 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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Copyright restrictions apply
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2012-02-07
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2012-07
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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