Yale Center for British Art

Title:
A balloon view of London [cartographic material] : (as seen from Hampstead).
Published / Created:
London : Published ... May 1st, 1851, by Banks & Co., 4 Little Queen Street, Holborn : [1851]
Physical Description:
1 map : hand-colored ; 62.0 x 105.9 cm, on sheet 69.8 x 109.5 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
G5754.L7 A3 1851 Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
G5754.L7 A3 1851 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:8,448] -- (W 0°11ʹ24ʺ--W 0°1ʹ12ʺ/N 51°31ʹ48ʺ--N 51°28ʹ12ʺ).
Notes:
Bird's eye view of North London across the river towards Surrey with the Isle of Dogs at the left end and High Street Kensington at the right.

Printed cover label, on separate sheet: "A balloon view of London, shewing the great Crystal Palace, all the public buildings, railway stations, parks, palaces, squares, streets, &c., with the names engraved thereon." The label includes "A view of St. Paul's, as seen from Hampstead, exhibiting 8 sque. miles," excerpted from the map.

The second edition, according to Hyde. The imprint of the first edition does not include Effingham Wilson.

First published on the opening day of the Great Exhibition in 1851.

Relief shown pictorially.

Hyde, R. Printed maps of Victorian London, 1851-1900, 3, edition 2

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 588

BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Backed in linen. In green patterned folder, with printed title label on front cover.

BAC: British Art Center copy 2 in original blue folder, with printed title label on front cover. Autograph: N.S. Dodge.
Subject Terms:
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) | London (England) -- Maps. | London (England) -- Aerial views. | London (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. | Crystal Palace (Great Exhibition, 1851, London, England) | Banks & Co. -- Publisher. | Wilson, Effingham -- Publisher. | Dodge, N. S. -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Aerial views -- England -- London -- 1851. | Pictorial maps -- England -- London -- 1851. | Aquatints -- 1851. | Steel engravings -- 1851.