Posts Tagged ‘Streets of London’
Streets of London – New Bridge-Street, Blackfriars circa 1812
“The annexed engraving represents one of the most interesting situations in the city of London from a drawing by the eminent artist in water-colour painting, Mr. Frederick Nash. […] The most prominent object in the view, is the house of the Albion Fire and Life Assurance Company, forming the north-east corner of New Bridge-street, and…
Read MoreStreets of London – Blackfriars Bridge circa 1815
“This beautiful structure, the most modern of the three bridges which connect the two banks of the Thames at the British metropolis, was erected to the honour of the great William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, whose name and titles are perpetuated in the adjacent places and streets, though the original appellation of Pitt’s Bridge has…
Read MoreStreets of London – Theater Royal, Covent Garden circa 1810
Streets of London – Fleet Street, Fetter Lane circa 1812
“Temple Bar, which is seen in the distance in our engraving, is the only remaining one of the gates which formerly marked the limits of the city of London.” The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics, 1812.
Read MoreStreets of London – British Museum – Montagu House, London circa 1813
“The site of the building is inclosed by a high brick wall, which excludes the view on every side. The entrance in Great Russel-street, Bloomsbury, leads into a spacious quadrangle, on the north side of which appears the main building, 216 feet in length and 57 in height to the top of the cornice; with…
Read MoreStreets of London – St. Martin in the Fields, London circa 1815
Streets of London – Somerset House, Strand circa 1810
“The magnificent modern edifice known by the name of Somerset-House, or Somerset-Place, occupies the site of a palace erected by the Duke of Somerset, the protector, in the time of Edward VI. […] In 1775 the whole of this structure was demolished by act of parliament, and was succeeded by the present superb edifice, erected…
Read MoreStreets of London – Portland Place, London 1810-1820
“It is within the memory of some persons, that Parliament-street and Whitehall once formed the finest avenue in the metropolis. Oxford-street was yet but indifferently inhabited, and Portland-place not built. Oxford-street ceased at Mary-le-bonelane: at that spot Tyburn-road began, and for many years presented the sort of humble character of buildings that usually skirt the…
Read MoreStreets of London – Grosvenor Square, London circa 1813
“This square received its name from Sir Richard Grosvenor, Bart. […]. This gentlemen had a great passion for building, and covered a considerable plot of ground in the neighborhood, between New Bond-street and Hyde Park, which now produces an immense income to his descendant, the Earl of Grosvenor. Grosvenor-Square covers six acres of ground, is…
Read MoreStreets of London – Portman Square, London 1813
“This square is esteemed the next in beauty, as it is in extent, to Grosvenor-square. […] It is of more modern erection than any of the other squares in the western part of the metropolis, and received its name from an opulent family, to which its site and that of several of the adjacent street…
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