Yale Center for British Art

Title:

The city of London, in the time of the Saxons (about the year 1000) [cartographic material] : compiled from the most authentic documents.

Published / Created:

London : Published ... by J. & E. Wallis, 42, Skinner Street, April 25th, 1817.

Physical Description:

1 map ; 40 x 53 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2018 15
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Maps & Atlas (printed)

Scale:

Scale not given

Notes:

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 565

BAC: British Art Center copy is hand-colored and mounted on linen. Bound with two additional aerial views: Banks, John Henry. A panoramic view of London. London: Edward Wallis, [1845] -- London and Westminster in the reign of Queen Elizabeth anno dom. 1563. London: J. Wallis, 1789.

Map of London in the reign of the Saxon King Ethelred II, with the history of Roman and Saxon London written in a panel below the plan. The map shows the Roman wall still standing, but the street plan suggests that, compared to the Roman period, the built-up area occupied a much smaller part of the walled city and that the population was in rapid decline.

Subject Terms:

Romans -- England -- London -- Maps. | London (England) -- Maps. | London (England) -- History -- To 1500 -- Maps.

Form/Genre:

Aerial views -- England -- London. | Maps -- England -- London. | Etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1817.

Contributors:

J. & E. Wallis, publisher.