Title

'A Plan of Rotherhithe', 1755, (1912). Artists: Unknown, John Stow.

Caption

'A Plan of Rotherhithe', 1755, (1912). John Stow?s A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, originally published in 1598 and 1603. The detailed ward plan was commissioned towards the end of Stow?s life by Richard Blome (1635-1705) for a proposed Survey of the cities of London and Westminser. The plates were sold and Blome?s name erased after his death and they were included in John Strype?s edition of Stow?s Survey printed in 1720. From London - South of the Thames, by Sir Walter Besant. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1912]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1755

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C75_190

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

158,7Mb (7,8Mb) / 32,8in x 18,8in / 9850 x 5631 (300dpi)

Keywords

outdoors city river urban London England River Thames Thames planning arts day book British geography location century Britain plan literature facade division survey B&W building exterior MONOCHROME black & white black and white B W Southwark 18th century 1910s 20th century Eighteenth Century façade The Print Collector Bermondsey geographical feature Rotherhithe TGN map Unknown John Stow Richard Walter Sir Walter Stow John Black South of the Thames Sir Walter Besant Besant Walter Besant Adam & Charles Black Adam & Charles A&C Black Richard Blome Blome Sir Walter Besant Adam & Charles Black Richard Blome map