The Beginnings of Regents Park

Among the records transferred to the Public Record Office from the Commissioners of Crown Lands in 1961 is a plan [PI. 17] for ‘roads, fences, water and plantations’ proposed for Marylebone Park, signed by John Nash and dated March 1811. 1 This is the earliest known version of Nash’s design for the park, but in spite of its obvious importance has never been adequately published or described. Its interest is enhanced by the fact that it is the only plan which relates to the two well-known scenic panoramas [Pis20-35], also now in the PRO- 2 Of these, only small sections have hitherto been reproduced. It therefore seems worth while to bring the three drawings together here, reproducing both panoramas in extenso

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