Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Banks, John Henry, 1816-1879

Title:

A panoramic view of London / drawn & engraved by J.H. Banks ... [cartographic material].

Published / Created:

London : Edward Wallis, no.42 Skinner St., Snow Hill, [1845]

Physical Description:

1 map ; image 39 x 101 cm, on sheet 45 x 105 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

Accompanied by a letterpress sheet headed "Key of reference to Wallis's Panoramic view of London 1845."

BAC: British Art Center copy is hand-colored and mounted on linen. Has bound with it two additional aerial views: The city of London, in the time of the Saxons (about the year 1000). London: J. & E. Wallis, 1817 -- Agas, Ralph. London and Westminster in the reign of Queen Elizabeth anno dom. 1563. London: J. Wallis, 1789.

Panorama from Vauxhall Bridge to the Tower, taken from a viewpoint above the Elephant & Castle.

Subject Terms:

London (England) -- Pictorial works. | London (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works.

Form/Genre:

Panoramas -- England -- London. | Aerial views -- England -- London. | Maps -- England -- London. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1845.

Contributors:

Wallis, Edward, publisher.