Peter Berthoud
Panorama of Remarkable Objects in London - A Map from 1830
Samuel Leigh's map, a Panorama of Remarkable Remarkable Objects in London, was designed to help visitors navigate the extraordinary...
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Peter Berthoud
Oct 10, 2023
Dunlop's Map of Literary London, 1950
Dunlop issued their attractive "Map of Central London and its Literary Associations" as a magazine advertisment and as a leaflet. The...
Peter Berthoud
Oct 4, 2023
Francis Chichester's Festival of Britain & Other London Maps & Guides
In 1947 Francis Chichester first published his "Heart of London" pictorial map as a jigsaw and a folding map. In 1951 the map was greatly...
Peter Berthoud
Sep 24, 2023
"The Heart of London" - Francis Chichester's Pictorial Map & Jigsaw
In comparison to his other achievements Francis Chichester's maps and jigsaws are often forgotten. His splendid "Heart of London" map and...
Peter Berthoud
Sep 12, 2023
The Wooden Road Surfaces of London Mapped by Bartholemew's c. 1921
In the early 1920s the Improved Wood Pavement Company issued a promotional map of London showing the extent of their wood paved roads,...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 19, 2023
An Edwardian Map of the River Thames
"Map of the River Thames" by Joseph Mears Launches & Motors Ltd. of 5 Hill Street, Richmond around 1914. Cartography by George Philip Ltd.
Peter Berthoud
Sep 26, 2022
The Air-Photo Atlas of London of 1949
In 1949 Phoenix House Ltd. published their Air-Photo Atlas of London. The aerial maps provide a "street guide from the air" to post-war...
Peter Berthoud
Sep 26, 2022
Air-Photo Atlas of 1949 - Index and Introductory Notes
This is the index to the 1949, Phoenix House Ltd., Air-Photo Atlas of London. For the complete set of maps & images from the atlas please...
Peter Berthoud
Aug 14, 2022
A 3D Map of Soho in 1991
The Soho Cityscape 1991/92 is one of my favourite London maps. The locations of sights, shops, food places, pubs and entertainments from...
Peter Berthoud
May 20, 2014
The Real Story of A-Z Maps by Phyllis Pearsall
The legend of Phyllis Pearsall, founder of Geographers' A-Z Map Company, has become controversial in recent years. The debate about...
Peter Berthoud
Oct 29, 2012
A New London Panorama: Ed Gray
Ed Gray, arguably the greatest living painter of London and Londoners, is set to unveil his stunning new London panorama at his biggest...
Peter Berthoud
Oct 3, 2012
Stunning Panorama of London in 1774
For the first time online here are high quality images of Samuel & Nathaniel Buck's complete sequence of five views of London as...
Peter Berthoud
Sep 13, 2012
The Visscher Panorama of London in 1616
Claes Visscher's Panorama of London in 1616 is one of the finest views we have of London before the Great Fire. It is over two metres...
Peter Berthoud
Jul 12, 2012
A Tideless Thames: London's Highest Priority?
"The removal of the tides from the London Reaches is, in my opinion, the greatest single measure that can be taken for the benefit of...
Peter Berthoud
May 8, 2012
Bird’s-Eye View Maps of Victorian London
In 1880 Herbert Fry published London a handbook for Victorian visitors. The popular book ran to many editions. A major factor for its...
Peter Berthoud
Apr 23, 2012
Forgotten Images: Before Aldwych and Kingsway
In October 1905 King Edward VII officially opened Kingsway and Aldwych; "The largest and most important improvement in London since the...
Peter Berthoud
Feb 7, 2012
The Royal Academy's Wartime Vision for a New London
In 1940 Sir Edwin Lutyens, President of the Royal Academy, formed a committee to prepare a report on the “ideal” possibilities that could...
Peter Berthoud
Jan 31, 2012
The Royal Academy's Plan for London 1942
In January 1940 Sir Edwin Lutyens, President of the Royal Academy (RA), invited architect members of the RA, and others, to form a...
Peter Berthoud
Sep 27, 2011
A Man with a Plan for London
Arthur Cawston, ARIBA, was a lesser known Scottish architect with huge ambitions but thankfully little influence. In 1893 he published A...
Peter Berthoud
Jul 9, 2011
Unseen Images of Tower Bridge Under Construction
These images show Tower Bridge under construction in the 1880s. At the offices of one of the original contractors, management had decided...
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