London on a Lady’s Glove
Posted by John Brownlee
The antecedent of Google Maps: a map of London, finely wrought in fountain ink on a white lamb skin glove, circa 1851. Followed a century later by a novelty map of Florida, printed on a flaccid condom.
Heart on your sleeve; address on your hand [Bioephemera] : Mapping the Marvelous
Categories: Cartography, Victorianism, Fashion
Posted at 10:09 am on January 2, 2008
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