RICHARD HORWOOD
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RICHARD HORWOOD

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RICHARD HORWOOD
'St Mary Le Bone'
large engraved street plan including the "Cricket Ground", with view of St Mary Le Bone at head, published at Star Alley, Fenchurch Street, 17 February 1794 (trimmed with occasional marginal tears), extracted from Horwood's 'Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster,' 22½ x 20in. (57 x 51cm.); with two engraved maps of Islington, one published by Benjamin Baker, 27 June, 1793, 12½ x 13½in. (31.5 x 34.5cm.), the other 14 7/8 x 9¼in. (37.6 x 24cm.), both showing the Artillery Ground, all framed and glazed. (3)
Literature
Howgego, 'Printed Maps of London', 200(1)
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Lot Essay

The above map of St Mary le Bone shows the first cricket ground used by the M.C.C.. Thomas Lord opened this ground in Dorset Fields in 1787, just seven years before this map was published. Although no cricket ground is depicted in the engraved scene, this is most probably a view of Dorset Fields in the 1790s. The ground was moved to Marylebone Bank in 1811, and then, three years later, to its present location in St John's Wood. The Artillery Ground is also shown in the above maps of Islington. Generally used for matches involving the original London Club, the Artillery Ground became the featured venue of all London cricket until the 1760s, after which the focus shifted to Hambledon and the London club disbanded.

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