Title / Subject: The road from Eton College & Windsor Castle
to Chelsea Hospital and Lambeth, via Hampton Court, Richmond and the New Palace
(this page shows the complete route)
Date: 1802
Size: The printed area measures approximately 12 x 20 cm; blank verso
Description: An original, antique, copper-plate engraved, hand-coloured pictorial linear road map featuring places of interest along the route. Described by the cartographer James Baker in his "Imperial Guide with Picturesque Plans of the Great Post Roads, as Miniature Likenesses engraved from Real Sketches".
This page has been salvaged from one of these original guides.
Cartographer / engraver: James Baker
Provenance: "
James Baker, London. Printed by C. Whittingham. 1802
Condition: Strong colours; fascinating detailed hand-coloured engravings.
Please refer to the photographs to fully appreciate the condition.