Old Map of Manchester in 1851 by John Rapkin - Town Hall, Royal Infirmary, Railway Stations Glasgow map Whether you’re an art collector

Whether you’re an art collector

it effortlessly blends scholarly value with classic aesthetic appeal

and those who appreciate classic world maps

and the River Colne winds past Colchester on its way to the sea

Old Map of Manchester in 1851 by John Rapkin - Town Hall, Royal Infirmary, Railway Stations Glasgow map Whether you’re an art collectorJohn Rapkin engraved this map of Manchester and its environs in 1851, a decade after Manchester had cemented its reputation as the world's first industrial city and the undisputed capital of the cotton trade. Rapkin worked extensively for the publisher John Tallis, whose Illustrated Atlas paired detailed city plans with decorative bordering, and this Manchester sheet captures a city transformed by mills, warehouses, and the railway network that had