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| Picture No | 10220807 |
| Date | 1851 |
| Description | Wyld's 'Great Globe', Leicester Square, London 1851 |
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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.
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| Source | The Illustrated London News. 29 March 1851, page 247 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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