Streets of London – Pall Mall circa 1810-1820

Italian Opera House, Pall Mall at Haymarket, 1822
from The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics

“At the junction of Pall-Mall and Haymarket, the south-east facades of this splendid building are so conspicuous as to claim particular notice from the public. The view is taken from a spot lately a part of Cockspur-street, but which may now perhaps claim the high designation of Pall-Mall East. The building, properly the theater, is incased at the north and south ends by dwellings and commodious arrangements for shops; and the whole is surrounded by arcades and colonnades, forming a bold piazza of approach to every part.” The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics, 1822.

Grand Fashionable Magazine, No. 89 Pall Mall, 1809
from The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics

“The house […] is divided by glazed partitions into four departments […]. Immediately at the entrance is the first […] which is exclusively appropriated to the sale of furs and fans. The second contains articles of haberdashery of every description, silks, muslins, lace, gloves, &c. In the third shop, on the right, you meet with a rich assortment of jewellery, ornamental articles in or moulu, French clocks, &c.; and on the left, with all the different kinds of perfumery necessary for the toilette. The fourth is set apart for millinery and dresses; so that there is no article of female attire or decoration, but what may be here procured in the first style of elegance and fashion. […] Forty persons are regularly employed on the premises in making up the various articles offered for sale.” The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics, 1809.