Mudlarking, the act of searching the Thames foreshore for items of value, has a long tradition in England`s capital. In the ...

” London in Landscape” can be properly described as a labour of love for young artist Karen Neale. Since June 2005 she has been braving all climates in order to capture, in her own extraordinary, inimitable style, the different faces of the country`s capital, in all seasons. From Bow Street to Chinatown, from Buckingham Palace to Smithfield Market, from the Tate Modern to Trafalgar Square, Karen has brought her unique talent to bear on the landmarks of this great city & created a tremendous record of its everyday life. Amazingly, Karen draws entirely in biro on A5 sketchpads
- hence the format of the book
- carefully colouring afterwards. Each drawing can take her up to ten hours standing in situ to complete, & she has had many unusual experiences during the process.

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” London in Landscape” has been a labor of love for upcoming young artist Karen Neale. Since October 2007 she has been braving all weathers in order to capture, in her own very distinctive style, many of the capital`s most famous scenes, from St Pancras Station to the Barbican, from the Thames Barrier to parliament Square. The result is a stunning book that all Londoners & visitors to their city will want to own
- now in a unique large format edition. This book features full color sketches of London`s most famous scenes. It is a great gift book. It presents extraordinary production values. It

Includes:: over 40 sketches reproduced in vivid color on top grade art paper with descriptive text.


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London in Maps: a changing perspective, published by The Geo Information Group as part of the London Mapping Festival 2011 – 2012, is a truly fascinating collection of a diverse range of maps of the capital, probably the most mapped place on earth. The book is a testament to the variety of the cartographic art & provides many excellent examples of how cartography has developed to meet the requirements of an expanding & rapidly changing city – from the earliest attempts to map Elizabethan London to modern, digitally produced utility mapping survey by Radio Location & Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) techniques. From its wide range of sources the book illustrates just about all the different types of mapping: historical maps & satellite imagery, plans of present day shopping malls & Victorian Booth poverty maps, aerial photography & humorous representation of the capital by artists., etc. Many famous cartographers & publishers are included, among them mapping both from our founder, Edward Stanford, & from our present day colleagues who produced a series of London Borough maps. A brief history of Edward Stanford Ltd is included on page 192 among the list of the contributors. ...

The hustle & bustle of London, its changing landscape & infinite sights have provided a rich subject for the many artists who have visited & inhabited the city. From the earliest known paintings, artists have sought to encapsulate their impressions of this lively metropolis. Their representations are fascinatingly diverse, revealing visions of London that let us see the city as it has been experienced & reflected by a variety of artists through the centuries. From recognisable views of the River Thames, St Paul`s & Tower Bridge, to idyllic scenes of London`s residential squares & streets, or paintings capturing the architectural feats & engineering marvels of their day, artists have documented a developing London
- a London which found wealth & confidence & was to emerge as the first truly modern city. Drawing from Tate`s superb collection & beyond, this stunning book presents 100 paintings from the 17th century to the present. Whether iconic or unusual, topographical or verging on the abstract, each work offers a special perspective. Contextualised by an insight into the chosen view or location, the artist, & their particular technique, the paintings are also accompanied by revealing & memorable anecdotes which vividly bring the images to life. Featuring some of the world`s most influential artists
- Canaletto, Turner, Constable, Pissarro, Monet, Kossoff & Auerbach
- as well as lesser-known contemporary artists, such as David Hepher & Lisa Milroy, London in Paint brings together a selection of artworks which portray the changing faces of London, & provide a fresh look
- through artists` eyes
- at this much-loved global city.




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This sumptuous visual history explores London as depicted by artists over the last few hundred years. Although the first city of London was established in the Roman period, the story of London in art really begins in the 17th century, with the rise of the panoramic city view as a painting genre, & continues to this day. Despite London`s tumultuous history
- the rise & fall of Empire, attacks from above in two world wars, relentless expansion into the surrounding villages & suburbs
- it nevertheless becomes clear that many of the city`s landmarks remain surprisingly constant.

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London in the eighteenth century was very much a new city, risen from the ashes of the Great Fire. With thousands of homes & many landmark buildings destroyed, it had been brought to the brink. But the following century was a period of vigorous expansion, of scientific & artistic genius, of blossoming reason, civility, elegance & manners. It was also an age of extremes: of starving poverty & exquisite fashion, of joy & despair, of sentiment & cruelty. Society was fractured by geography, politics, religion & history. & everything was complicated by class. As Daniel Defoe put it, London really was a `great & monstrous Thing`. Jerry White`s tremendous portrait of this turbulent century explores how & to what extent Londoners negotiated & repaired these open wounds. We see them going about their business as bankers or beggars, revelling in an enlarging world of public pleasures, indulging in crimes both great & small
- amidst the tightening sinews of power & regulation, & the hesitant beginnings of London democracy. In the long-awaited finale to his acclaimed history of London over 300 years, Jerry White introduces us to shopkeepers & prostitutes, men & women of fashion & genius, street-robbers & thief-takers, as they play out the astonishing drama of life in eighteenth-century London.
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London in the nineteenth century was the greatest city mankind had ever seen. Its wealth was dazzling. Its horrors shocked the world. As William Blake put it, London was `a Human awful wonder of God`. It was a century of genius
- of Blake, Thackeray & Mayhew, of Nash, Faraday, Disraeli & Dickens. Jerry White`s dazzling book is the first in a hundred years to explore London`s history over the nineteenth century as a whole. We see the destruction of old London & the city`s unparalleled suburban expansion. We see how London absorbed people from all over Britain, from Europe & the Empire. We see how Londoners worked & played. Most of all, we see how they tried to make sense of their city & make it a better place in which to live. Emerging clearly from this eloquent & richly-detailed overview is the London we see about us today.
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This beautifully illustrated book paints a multifaceted portrait of sixties London & explores the reasons why it became the epicentre of a cultural boom that resounded around the world & whose echoes can still be heard today. London in the 1960s was the embodiment of everything that was inspirational, innovative & progressive. Powered by the three key elements of youth, affluence & the mass media, the city became the hub of sixties pop culture, with its bold & creative spirit attracting an international cast of artists & luminaries in all fields, from pop music & fashion to literature & the visual arts. While a new aristocracy of rockstars & trendsetters ruled the roost, Pop art took a witty & detached view of contemporary consumerism & architecture looked towards a utopian future. This title features a stellar array of artists, photographers, musicians, models, writers, designers & architects presented in context, including David Hockney, Francis Bacon, David Bailey, Alan Aldridge, Kenneth Tynan, Mick Jagger, The Beatles, Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton, Ron Heron, Richard Hamilton, Peter Blake, Lucian Freud, Dirk Bogarde, Julie Christie, Marianne Faithful, Michael Caine, Mary Quant, Bridget Riley, Diana Rigg & many, many more. ...

In 1901, London was the greatest city the world had seen in size, wealth & grandeur. Yet it was also a city where poverty & disease were rife. London in 2001 was no longer among the world`s very largest cities, but was still one where vast wealth was displayed
- alongside beggars sleeping rough. Such paradoxes are among the defining experiences of living in London in this extraordinary century, & in this colourful book Jerry White tells the story not just of London, but of Londoners too. He examines the changes to the worlds of work, transport, popular culture, politics & government & shows how London affects its inhabitants, shaping their lives & being shaped in turn by them. Beautifully illustrated & with a wealth of detail, this is a definitive & highly readable history of London in the twentieth century. Winner of the Wolfson History Prize.
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