Detailed map of London during the Great Exhibition of 1851
Cary's New Plan of London and its Vicinity, Published by Authority of his Majesty's Post Master General.
London, G.F. Cruchley, 1851. Original body colour. Dissected and laid on linen as issued, total 740 x 830mm.
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A large folding map of London, extending to (clockwise from the west): the Serpentine in Hyde Park, Stoke Newington, Blackwall & Camberwell.
First published in 1820, this plan was frequently updated, with about twenty distinct editions. This example was published for the Great Exhibition of 1851, for which the Crystal Palace was erected in Hyde Park, as shown on the map.