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Inglis, John; Sanders, Jill

 
9780500518151: Panorama of the Thames: A Riverside View of Georgian London
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ISBN 10: 0500518157 ISBN 13: 9780500518151
Editorial: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2015

Sinopsis

This historical gift book is a reincarnation of a guide to the river Thames first published 1829 by Samuel Leigh. The original was a concertina of 45 printed and hand-coloured sheets, glued together to form a magnificent 60ft depiction of the river’s north and south banks – or Middlesex and Surrey banks, as they were then – from Westminster Bridge to Petersham Meadows in Richmond. Among the buildings that stood along this 30-mile stretch of river in those days were many that no longer exist – including the Houses of Parliament before they burned down in 1834, or the factory owned by the father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel – but others still stand today. A great deal of the original panorama shows just trees and foliage, so for this book it has been edited down to feature the most interesting sections. These are grouped into 19 ‘villages’, each with a short 200-word introduction. The buildings are captioned (in the present tense, for vivid appeal), and there is an A–Z detailing landmarks and key buildings in each section. Written in collaboration with local experts and various local history societies, these descriptions are richly informative and include information on the waterway, the landscape, and the people who lived and worked on the banks of the river at the end of the Georgian era.

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John R. Inglis is an award-winning visual effects director. He and Jill Sanders live midstream of the Thames itself, on one of the few inhabited islands in Greater London

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In 1829, the London bookseller Samuel Leigh issued an unusual publication that consisted of two hand-coloured aquatint panoramas folded concertina-fashion between hard covers. It was sold as The Panorama of the Thames from London to Richmond. One panorama opened out to 60 feet, showing both banks of the Thames from Westminster to Richmond, and the other extended six feet and showed the City of London and the South Bank as viewed from the Old Adelphi buildings in the Strand.The Leigh panoramas are now rare and this book reproduces a selection of the finest and most interesting portions from both panoramas and makes them available to a wider audience for the first time. The book starts on the north bank at Twickenham, going down the river to Westminster, passing what were then just villages - Chiswick, Fulham and Chelsea, among others. Images from the six-foot Adelphi panorama continue the story round to the South Bank. Then the journey resumes back up the river along the Surrey bank past Wandsworth, Putney, Kew and elsewhere to Richmond. Each village section has an introductory history. All the waterside communities and most wharves, churches and stately homes are identified, and a gazetteer, divided by village, gives information on the most important landmarks. A special feature of the book is a fold-out reproduction of the entire View from the Adelphi panorama. With fascinating views of Georgian London, this is a history of how one of the world's great cities has been shaped by the river that runs through it.

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Editorial
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Año de publicación
2015
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0500518157
ISBN 13 
9780500518151
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
256
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