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Bauerkeller’s New Embossed Plan of London 1842

Posted on Tuesday 6 October 2015 by Oliver O’Brien

Is this London’s first 3D map? The vivid and historic map of London in 1842, coloured by district, has one unusual feature – it’s embossed. The photos here (taken of the copy in The Map House dealership in Knightsbridge) are from the framed copy that hangs in The Map House and the directional lighting from […]

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Currency and Cartography

Posted on Monday 28 September 2015 by Oliver O’Brien

Currency and Cartography is an solo exhibition by artist Justine Smith, available to view in the gallery space at The Map House in Knightsbridge, a specialist map dealer (and treasure trove crammed with thousands of other maps, globes, illustrations and other prints – be warned you will get lost browsing in this small but perfectly […]

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Exotic Adornments and Old Maps: The Art of Kristjana S Williams

Posted on Friday 27 February 2015 by Oliver O’Brien

Artist Kristjana S Williams, originally from Iceland bu […]

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