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Poster, colour lithograph, advertising Mayson's Ordnance Model of the Lake District, made and exhibited by Henry Mayson, Lake District Repository, Lake Road, Keswick, printed by McFarlane and Erskine, Edinburgh, 1880s.
   Mayson 1880s
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MAYSON'S / ORDNANCE MODEL / OF THE / LAKE DISTRICT. / EXHIBITED DAILY DURING THE YEAR / AT THE / LAKE DISTRICT REPOSITORY / LAKE ROAD KESWICK / THIS MODEL has been constructed mathematically from the Ordnance Survey, / after great labour and at a heavy cost. It contains 210 square feet. - the horizontal / and vertical scale being 6 inches to a mile, and coloured to nature. All the Mountains, / Lakes, Tarns, Waterfalls, Rivers, and their Tributaries; Woods, Roads, Villages, Villas, / etc., are correctly delineated. / Parties visiting this Model will see the correct Topography of the Lake District, and can thereby readily / plan either long or short excursions as time will permit. They will also gain a better idea of / the whole of the Lake Country than is to be obtained from any other source. / OPEN AT EIGHT A.M. AND LIGHTED DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS / ADMISSION ONE SHILLING EACH. / ...
wxh:- 31.5x43.5cm