Hollar was the artist/engraver who drew London before and after the Great Fire of 1666. It is because of his panoramas that we know what Old St Paul's was like, before it was completely destroyed and subsequently rebuilt by Wren.
Hollar was the artist/engraver who drew London before and after the Great Fire of 1666. It is because of his panoramas that we know what Old St Paul's...
49 Bankside is an 18th century house; the last survivor of what was once a long ribbon of houses overlooking the Thames. Rich with anecdote and colour, with celebrities from history, as well as ordinary people, this is social history at its most enjoyable.
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49 Bankside is an 18th century house; the last survivor of what was once a long ribbon of houses overlooking the Thames. Rich with anecdote and colour...
Kentish Town has passed through every possible visual and social permutation, and is still developing and changing today. This study illustrates the classic historical sequence of the village gradually being absorbed by the London metropolis.
Kentish Town has passed through every possible visual and social permutation, and is still developing and changing today. This study illustrates the c...
Crossrail, the `Elizabeth' line, is simply the latest way of traversing a very old east-west route through what was once countryside to the city and out again. Visiting Stepney, Liverpool Street, Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street, Gillian Tindall traces the course of many of these historical journeys across time as well as space.
Crossrail, the `Elizabeth' line, is simply the latest way of traversing a very old east-west route through what was once countryside to the city and o...
