all of which remain treasured open spaces in the city today
The elegance of Cassiopeia’s posture and flowing garments adds an artistic sophistication to this astronomical composition
celebrating the beauty of nature through the lens of classic Japanese artistry
it evokes the archipelago’s broad array of influences
both feature among the ten harbour views
Old Map of Surrey in 1611 by John Speed - Guildford, Croydon, Richmond, Woking big ben highlight all of which remain treasuredLong before Croydon, Richmond and Kingston were transferred into Greater London under the London Government Act of 1965, they belonged firmly within Surrey, and this map of the county, engraved for John Speed's 1611 Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, shows them as Surrey towns among the others surveyed for Speed's landmark atlas. Engraved in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius and hand coloured in the style typical of the atlas, the sheet carries the