Etchings of old London : with descriptive letterpress / Ernest George

Sir Ernest George RA

RA Collection: Book

Record number

14/3022

Author

Imprint

London: The Fine Art Society, 1884

Physical Description

1 v. ([25] leaves), [20] leaves of plates : frontis., ill. ; 38 cm.

General Note

“These etchings are affectionately dedicated to my good friend and able partner Harold Ainsworth Peto. One who is hearty sympathy with the old world, a lover of old London, and who shares with me the pleasures and responsibilities of slightly influencing the LONDON OF THE FUTURE.” [colophon].

Contents

List of Etchings: The “Paul Pindar,” Bishopsgate Street -- Wych Street -- The “Harbour-Master,” Limehouse -- Foubert’s Place, Regent Street -- Crown Court, Pall Mall -- St. Giles’s, Cripplegate -- Bartholomew Close -- Battersea Bridge -- St. John’s Gate, Clerkenwell -- Millbank, Westminster -- Aldgate -- Temple Bar -- The “Oxford Arms,” Warwick Lane -- The Tower of London -- The “Old George,” Tower Hill -- Shadwell -- London Bridge -- Staple Inn, Holborn -- Oxford Market, Oxford Street -- Drury Lane

Subject

City of London (England) — 19th century — Pictorial works

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