Wilkinson, Robert

Lost playhouses, Bermondsey Abbey and old houses around Bishopsgate fill these maps and plans published by Robert Wilkinson,...

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Lost playhouses, Bermondsey Abbey and old houses around Bishopsgate fill these maps and plans published by Robert Wilkinson, a record of London buildings already altered or demolished. Wilkinson was a British print and map publisher working around the turn of the nineteenth century, and the sheets are especially associated with Londina Illustrata, including an edition of 1834. Ground plans, elevations and reconstructed settings show the Bankside theatres, the Fortune Playhouse and Holy Trinity Priory, while fire plans and proposals for street improvements record the changing fabric of the City, with rich evidence for small sites now beneath later streets. A map of France divided into departments shows the broader side of his business.

Lost playhouses, Bermondsey Abbey and old houses around Bishopsgate fill these maps and plans published by Robert Wilkinson, a record of London buildings already altered or demolished. Wilkinson was a British print and map publisher working around the turn of the nineteenth century, and the sheets are especially associated with Londina Illustrata, including an edition of 1834. Ground plans, elevations and reconstructed settings show the Bankside theatres, the Fortune Playhouse and Holy Trinity Priory, while fire plans and proposals for street improvements record the changing fabric of the City, with rich evidence for small sites now beneath later streets. A map of France divided into departments shows the broader side of his business.

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