The copy of Horwood’s Plan below maps the 104 hand-coloured aquatints from Rudolph Ackermann’s Microcosm of London (1808-10) to the locations which they depict (or to the point of view for more panoramic images). 103 of the images used below were kindly provided by the Lewis Walpole Library, the 104th (of the Royal Circus) by the Bishopsgate Institute.
This version of the Plan is zoomed in to the parts of the city within which the vast majority of the plates are located. Five images fall outside the current margins, and one of these locations (Greenwich Hospital), is beyond the bounds of the Plan, but all the markers can be located by scrolling and/or zooming out. In a few cases (such as those of the West India Docks and the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea), the structures depicted were erected after Horwood completed his surveying; in these cases, the location marked is that where these sights could later be seen. The icons assigned are designed to reflect loosely the type of structure, image or institution the plate depicts; the two less clear cases are the star (state institutions) and the scroll-cornered square (non-state institutions, or locations not falling into another clear category).
The small images pinned to the map do not do full justice to the details of the various plates, which can be seen in larger versions either by right-clicking on them and selecting the ‘Open image in new tab’ option or through using the separate galleries for Volumes One, Two and Three. An introduction to the Microcosm can be read here.
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Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy, Somerset House |
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Exhibition Room, Somerset House |
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Board Room of the Admiralty |
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Astley's Amphitheatre |
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Dining Hall, Asylum |
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Christie's Auction Room |
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The Great Hall, Bank of England |
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Bartholomew Fair |
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Billingsgate Market |
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The Hall, Blue Coat School (Christ's Hospital) |
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Bow Street Office |
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Pass-Room, Bridewell |
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British Institution, [52] Pall Mall |
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The Hall and Stair Case, British Museum |
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The Hall, Carlton House |
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The Roman Catholic Chapel, [54] Lincoln's Inn Fields |
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The Coal Exchange |
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Royal Cock Pit |
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Water Engine, Cold-Bath-Fields Prison |
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The College of Physicians |
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House of Commons |
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Court of Chancery, Lincoln's Inn Hall |
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Court of Common Pleas, Westminster Hall |
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Court of King's Bench, Westminster Hall |
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Court of Exchequer, Westminster Hall |
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Covent Garden Market, Westminster Election |
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Covent Garden Theatre |
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The Long Room, Custom House |
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Custom House, from the River Thames |
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Debating Society, [22] Piccadilly |
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Doctors' Commons |
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Drury Lane Theatre |
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Corn Exchange |
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Exhibition of Water Colour Drawings, Old Bond Street |
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Fire in London |
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Fleet Prison |
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Foundling Hospital, The Chapel |
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Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen Street |
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Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St James's Street |
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Guildhall |
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Guildhall, Examination of a Bankrupt before his Creditors |
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Common Council Chamber, Guildhall |
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Herald's College, The Hall |
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Hospital, Middlesex |
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India House, The Sale Room |
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King's Bench Prison |
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King's Mews, Charing Cross |
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Lambeth Palace |
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Lloyd's Subscription Rooms |
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Leaden Hall Market |
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Egyptian Hall, Mansion House |
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House of Lords |
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Lottery Drawing, Coopers' Hall |
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Magdalen Chapel [part of the Magdalen Hospital] |
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The Mint |
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Mounting Guard, St James's Park |
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Newgate Chapel [at Newgate Prison] |
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Old Bailey |
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Opera House |
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Pantheon Masquerade |
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Philanthropic Society, The Chapel |
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Pillory, Charing Cross |
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The Post Office |
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Quakers Meeting [Note: The precise location depicted is not given in the Microcosm, which details meeting houses 'in Bishopsgate-street, Gracechurch-street, St. Martin's-lane, St. John-street, Southwark, and Ratcliffe'. The marker here is placed in White Hart Court, off Gracechurch Street, the site of the oldest meeting house in London.] |
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Queen's Palace, St James's Park |
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Royal Circus |
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Royal Exchange |
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Royal Institution, Albermarle Street |
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Sadler's Wells Theatre |
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Session House, Clerkenwell |
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Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Adelphi |
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Society of Agriculture, [32 Sackville Street] |
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Somerset House, Strand |
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Stamp Office, Somerset House |
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New Stock Exchange |
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Drawing Room, St James's |
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St Luke's Hospital |
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St Margaret's, Westminster |
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St Martin-in-the-Fields |
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St Paul's Cathedral |
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Surrey Institution |
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Synagogue, Duke's Place, Houndsditch |
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Tattersall's Horse Repository |
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Temple Church |
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View of the Tower |
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Horse Armoury, Tower |
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Board of Trade |
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Trinity House |
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Vauxhall Gardens |
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St Stephen's, Walbrook |
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Watch House, St Mary Le Bone |
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West India Docks [Note: Built after the completion of Horwood's Plan.] |
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Westminster Abbey |
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Westminster Hall |
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Whitehall |
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Workhouse, St James's Parish [Poland Street] |
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Greenwich Hospital, The Painted Hall |
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Chelsea Hospital |
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Military College, Chelsea [Note: Built after the completion of Horwood's Plan.] |
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New Covent Garden Theatre [Note: Built after a fire in September 1808 destroyed the old building.] |
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South Sea House, Dividend Hall |
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Excise Office, Broad Street |
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View of Westminster Hall and Bridge |
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A View of London from the Thames, taken opposite the Adelphi |
