John Nash's Regent Street plan of 'the New Street proposed…' 1815 old map
'Reduction of the plan of the New Street proposed from Charing Cross to the Crown Estate, in Marylebone Park'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: John Nash's plan for Regent Street. J. Bacon, sculp, 131, Holborn Hill. Provenance: "Some account of the proposed improvements of the western part of London, By the formation of the Regent's Park, the New Street, the new sewer &c", by J. White, the second edition, with additions. London. Printed for Cadell & Davies, Strand; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row; Edmund Lloyd, Harley Street; and w. Reynolds, 137, Oxford Street. 1815. Type: A scarce early 19th century copperplate map showing proposed improvements to Regency London. Original hand colouring. In the late 18th century, the West End of London was becoming congested due to a lack of large thoroughfares. John Fordyce, appointed Surveyor-General to the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests in 1793, concluded that a road should be constructed linking the "New Road" (now known as the Marylebone Road at the top of Portland Place with Carlton House (on Pall Mall) and Charing Cross. This scarce map shows the plan for what is now known as Regent Street, which was constructed from 1813 to the design of John Nash. The plan for the new street is superimposed on the pre-existing layout of streets along the route.
Size: 4347px × 2430px
Location: London
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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