Author: Wyng[a]erde, Anty van den.
Title: LONDON, WESTMINSTER AND SOUTHWARK, As They Appeared A.D. 1543. From a Drawing by ... Sutherland Collection Bodleian Library, Oxford. The Monastery at Bermondsey from a Drawings in the Collection of Mr Upcot. Copied from the Originals and Engraved by N. Whittock.
Description: Published by H.A. Rogers 83 Hanley Road London, N.d. c.[1850]. 44 x 154 cm. in total Tri-fold panoramic view. Actual image size 31 x 144 cm. Folding into 4to. cloth case, e.ps. creased, light browning, fore-edge of left side with marginal creasing, sm. split to tail of central fold., original blue cloth with chipped image and description to upper board, minor staining, 1 complete tie present, remaining three mainly lacking. ¶ Trinity College Dublin Library suggest circa 1850. This engraving shows a view from Southwark, looking across the River Thames towards Westminster and the City of London. It was the first panoramic view of London of the mid-Tudor period and was made by the topographical draughtsman Antonis van den Wyngaerde. It has been suggested that the panorama might have been commissioned by King Henry VIII. Providing ‘a bird’s-eye view of the whole city, together with Westminster and Southwark, from above Southwark High Street. In addition to the many buildings shown are a large number of sailing vessels. More than forty small vessels may be counted above London Bridge, but the chief interest of the picture lies in the more than seventy big ships below the bridge. Of particular interest to the artist seems to have been the Spritsail Topmast, of which as many as seven examples are shown. The nationality of the vessels displaying these spars is not known, but the artist gives due prominence to the Steelyard headquarters of the Hanseatic League, occupying the site now covered by Cannon Street station.’ Geoffrey Callender, published July 1912 In this printed version, the key below the image lists 128 buildings featured in the panorama, including some which no longer survive.

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; ENGLAND


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