A plan of London during the reign of William IV

CRUCHLEY, George Frederick.

Cruchley's New Plan of London Improved to 1836.
London, 1836. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen as issued, total 540 x 1390mm, with separately-printed decorative border laid on.

Linen replaced.

A decorative map of London, extending to Hammersmith in the west, clockwise to Kensal Green, Regents Park, Hoxton, Bromley-by-Bow and the East India Docks, to Kennington and Chelsea. Of interest is the line of the 'Proposed London and Greenwich Railway', opened the year of publication.
The decorative border, which contains the title, is on strips of paper pasted over the edge of the map: thus Cruchley could market the same map in different formats. Engraved in the lower border is an an advert: 'This map can be had on the same scale to extend to Highgate, Hampstead, Clapton...'. Letters for the grid index for the gazetteer (not present) are also pasted on.

HOWGEGO: 304, B 9a.
Stock ID : 19968