Birds-eye view of the Square Mile

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The Financial News. Being a Map for the Merchants, Bankers, Brokers & other Ventures trading in that City.

WHISTLER, Reginald John "Rex"
London,
The Financial News,
January 22nd, 1934.
Chromolithograph map, including the newspaper.
420 by 580mm (16.5 by 22.75 inches).
10800

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Birds-eye view of the City of London's Square Mile.

To the upper left atop a cloud is Temple Bar flanked by the traditional guardians of the City, Gog and Magog, together with a cameo of Dick Whittington and his cat. To the upper right are two putti, carrying a laurel wreath and trumpet, and the coat of arms of the City; Old Father Thames reclines in the lower left corner. All the major exchanges are marked including the Stock, Baltic, Wool, Metal, Rubber, Corn, ...