Josiah Whitbread
Whitbread's Reduced Ordnance Map of London, 1883
28 ½ x 32 ½ in
72 x 83 cm
72 x 83 cm
LDN7435
Separately issued folding map of London in the mid-Victorian period from Notting Hill in the west to Limehouse Reach in the east, and from Denmark Hill in the south to...
Separately issued folding map of London in the mid-Victorian period from Notting Hill in the west to Limehouse Reach in the east, and from Denmark Hill in the south to Highbury in the north. Railways (both completed and under construction), tramways, and omnibus routes are also marked on the map. Early Underground lines are marked with a light blue line to distinguish them from the mainline railways.
The source for this map, as stated in the title, was the Ordnance Survey. Whitbread adapted the OS maps for his own commercial purposes, starting in 1867. His maps must have been a commercial success as there were at least eight different "states" or editions of this London map. Whitbread was active in London to around 1879, when he retired and sold his stock to the publishers George Philip and Son, who later began to issue his maps under their imprint. Curiously, this map is precisely dated 1883 in the lower-right corner and was not published in London, but rather in Sheerness, Kent. This suggests that Whitbread did continue printing and selling this map, at least for a short time, after he left London and retired to the Kentish coast.
Original hand colour. [LDN7435]
The source for this map, as stated in the title, was the Ordnance Survey. Whitbread adapted the OS maps for his own commercial purposes, starting in 1867. His maps must have been a commercial success as there were at least eight different "states" or editions of this London map. Whitbread was active in London to around 1879, when he retired and sold his stock to the publishers George Philip and Son, who later began to issue his maps under their imprint. Curiously, this map is precisely dated 1883 in the lower-right corner and was not published in London, but rather in Sheerness, Kent. This suggests that Whitbread did continue printing and selling this map, at least for a short time, after he left London and retired to the Kentish coast.
Original hand colour. [LDN7435]
