COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Salway, Joseph
Date:
1811
Short Title:
Sheet No. 15a. Plan of the Road from Hyde Park Corner to Counter's Bridge.
Publisher:
London Topographical Society
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Atlas Map
Type:
View
Obj Height cm:
62
Obj Width cm:
70
Scale 1:
240
City:
London (England)
Subject:
Roads
Full Title:
(Sheet) No. 15a. Plan of the Road from Hyde Park Corner to Counter's Bridge.
List No:
12374.002
Series No:
4
Engraver or Printer:
W. Griggs and Sons, Limited
Publication Author:
Salway, Joseph
Pub Date:
1903
Pub Title:
Plan of the Road from Hyde Park Corner to Counter's Bridge. Made for the Kensington Turnpike Trustees by their Surveyor, Joseph Salway in the Year 1811. Lithographed on Thirty Sheets from the Original Drawings in the British Museum for the London Topographical Society by W. Griggs and Sons, Limited. Published by the London Topographical Society, 16, Clifford's Inn, Fleet Street, London, E.C. 1899 to 1903.
Pub Note:
Joseph Salway was a British artist and surveyor. The Kensington Turnpike Trust was formed by Act of Parliament in 1725 to care for several important roads to the west of London. Its Trustees employed Joseph Salway, an Artist and Surveyor, to create a plan of the Turnpike road from Hyde Park Corner to Counter's Bridge, next to what are now the Olympia Exhibition Halls in West Kensington. Beginning his work in 1811, Salway created fifteen large water-coloured drawings (on 30 sheets) with a meticulous level of detail, order and symmetry. (Wikipedia). What is unusual about the Salway drawings is their showing of the road from above (in plan) and the view from the same part of the road looking at the north side of the road in profile.
Pub List No:
12374.000
Pub Type:
City Atlas
Pub Maps:
30
Pub Height cm:
62
Pub Width cm:
70
Image No:
12374002.jp2
Authors:
Salway, Joseph
Link To Source
Sheet No. 15a. Plan of the Road from Hyde Park Corner to Counter's Bridge.
