Bacon, G.W. – East Ham, Barking, Beckton. Albert Dock. Victoria Dock. Sheet 13. – Original antique map. Lithograph with original colour. Published by Bacon’s Geographical Establishment, 1906

Bacon, George Washington ( 1830-1922 ).

Original antique map of London reduced from the Ordnance Survey on a scale of 4 inch to the mile. ( 400 square miles ). Engraved on copper and hand coloured. Published for Bacon’s New Large scale Atlas of London and the Suburbs, 1906.

George Washington Bacon (1830–1922) was an American mapmaker and publisher who developed a successful business producing maps of London.

In 1870, Bacon started his business, G.W. Bacon & Co., on 127 Strand, London. He based his atlases on the plates used by Edward Weller for his Weekly Dispatch Atlas. In 1893, he bought the map business of James Wyld.

Around 1900, G.W. Bacon was purchased by the Scottish publishing house of W.& A.K. Johnston but maps using the Bacon brand were still being produced as late as 1956.