Fine Gallery

Peppino Leoni - owner of Quo Vadis restaurant

Peppino Leoni, a native of Cannero, on the shores of Lake Maggiore, seen here in his restaurant, Quo Vadis on Dean Street, Soho, London. He arrived in London in 1907 and learned his trade as a kitchen boy and then waiter before opening the restaurant in 1926

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

1958, Dean, Dining, Eating, Fine, Food, Historical, History, Italian, Leoni, Owner, Peppino, Quo, Restaurant, Restaurants, Restaurateur, Soho, Street, Vadis

Virgils Tomb

Virgil's Tomb (1785). Wright, Joseph of Derby 1734-1797. Wright travelled in Italy from 1774-76 and produced many fine drawings of classical subjects and geological curiosities. On his return to England Wright used these drawings to produce a number of paintings of Italian subjects, many of which employ dramatic effects of light. Virgil's Tomb, near Naples, was much visited on the ?Grand Tour? due to its picturesque appearance and the great esteem in which the Roman poet Virgil was held in the eighteenth century. Date: 1785

© National Museums NI / MARY EVANS

Box Hill, Surrey

A fine view of Box Hill, Surrey, and the road which climbs up to the 700 feet top of this beauty spot, above the River Mole, named because of the many box trees on it

© Mary Evans Picture Library

1950s, 700, Beauty, Box, Climbs, England, Feet, Fine, Hill, Historical, History, Mole, Named, River, Road, Scenery, Sightseers, Spot, Surrey, Top, V Iew