Old Map of Glasgow in 1851 by Tallis and Rapkin - Royal Exchange, Necropolis, River Clyde Margate and the midlands

and the midlands

from the area around Fargate and Norfolk Street to the green expanse of the Botanical Gardens

transforms this map into both an art piece and a conversation starter

Further inland

while inland the map traces Lough Corrib

Old Map of Glasgow in 1851 by Tallis and Rapkin - Royal Exchange, Necropolis, River Clyde Margate and the midlandsThis finely detailed map of Glasgow was published in 1851 by the Victorian map publishers Tallis and Rapkin, at a time when the city was rapidly expanding into one of the great industrial and mercantile centres of the British Empire. It is a classic example of a mid Victorian city map, combining precise street level surveying with a series of decorative vignettes, and it remains a valuable resource for historians and genealogists tracing the growth of