COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
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maps002~1~1
Maps Collection
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true
Image Number:
JRL0800077dc
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JRL0800077dc
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
R48168
reference_number
R48168
Reference Number
false
Image Title:
Map of Manchester
title
Map of Manchester
Image Title
false
Parent Work Title:
The Manchester handbook: an authentic account of the place and its people
title_larger_entity
The Manchester handbook: an authentic account of the place and its people
Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Perrin, Joseph
creator
Perrin, Joseph
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Author
creator_role
Author
Creator Role
false
Creator:
Measom, George
creator
Measom, George
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Illustrator
creator_role
Illustrator
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
1857
date_created
1857
Date Created
false
Publication Details:
Manchester : Hale and Roworth
imprint
Manchester : Hale and Roworth
Publication Details
false
Page/Sheet:
Frontispiece
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Frontispiece
Page/Sheet
false
Image Sequence Number:
000b
Description:
Map of Manchester. Omnibus routes and railway stations are marked in red. The old Town Hall is on the corner of Cross Street and King Street. In the bottom left-hand corner is the Art Treasures Palace. The palace was built at Old Trafford in Manchester to house the Art Treasures Exhibion of 1857. The exhbition was the largest of its kind ever held, and brought together some of the greatest works of art, borrowed from the country's private collections. A special railway line was laid to transport visitors from the city centre. After the exhibition the palace was dismantled.
description
Map of Manchester. Omnibus routes and railway stations are marked in red. The old Town Hall is on the corner of Cross Street and King Street. In the bottom left-hand corner is the Art Treasures Palace. The palace was built at Old Trafford in Manchester to house the Art Treasures Exhibion of 1857. The exhbition was the largest of its kind ever held, and brought together some of the greatest works of art, borrowed from the country's private collections. A special railway line was laid to transport visitors from the city centre. After the exhibition the palace was dismantled.
Description
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Language Code:
eng-GB
language
eng-GB
Language Code
false
Subject:
Great Britain--Social history
subject
Great Britain--Social history
Subject
false
Subject:
Railroads
subject
Railroads
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Printed
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Printed
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false
Sub-Category:
Maps
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Maps
Sub-Category
false
Support:
Paper
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Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
temporal_coverage
19th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester
spatial_coverage
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
384 mm
item_height
384 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
512 mm
item_width
512 mm
Item Width
false
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2007-08-21
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2007-09
Metadata Language:
eng-GB