Wyld's Great Globe, Leicester Square, London 1851
Engraving showing the building built for Wyld's Great Globe in the early 1850's. This building housed a 10, 000 sq. foot painting of planet Earth. During the Crimean War, the positions of the fighting forces of Britain, France, Turkey and Russia were posted onto the painting, as the latest news arrived in London
Picture No
10220807
Media ID
45998826
Size
5688px x 4263px
(3.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Illustrated London News. 29 March 1851, page 247
Date
1851
