Old Map of Glasgow in 1851 by Tallis & Rapkin - River Clyde, Argyle Street, University, Alternate Colouring Edition Size:75x100 cm - UNFRAMED Historians and researchers can use

Historians and researchers can use it to trace urban development

boaters chasing the romance of fresh-water voyages

showing how natural features and human ingenuity converged to form the intricate patchwork of fields and estates

and vibrant colors of the original 1660 engraving

Old Map of Glasgow in 1851 by Tallis & Rapkin - River Clyde, Argyle Street, University, Alternate Colouring Edition Size:75x100 cm - UNFRAMED Historians and researchers can useThis map of Glasgow was produced by John Tallis and engraved by John Rapkin, published in 1851 as part of Tallis's Illustrated Atlas, a series celebrated for combining detailed city plans with decorative pictorial borders showing notable local buildings and views. Glasgow was, by the middle of the 19th century, one of the great industrial cities of the British Empire, and this plan captures it at the height of that Victorian expansion, mapping its