Guildhall Gallery

Fire-Engine, Drawing Goods on a Truck, East India

The Fire-Engine, Drawing Goods on a Truck, East India House and London Stone. London fire brigade pumping water on a fire 26, man hauling freight on a dog-drawn cart 27 in front of East India House 28, and the London Stone in Cannon Street erected by the Romans 29. Woodcut engraving after an illustration by Isaac Taylor from City Scenes, or a Peep into London, by Ann Taylor and Jane Taylor, published by Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch Street, London, 1828. English sisters Ann and Jane Taylor were prolific Romantic poets and writers of children's books in the early 19th century

© Florilegius

London, England - The Guildhall

London, England - The Guildhall - Gothic Style Building.. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection. A Day trip to London.Guildhall is a building in the City of London, off Gresham and Basinghall streets, in the wards of Bassishaw and Cheap. It has been used as a town hall for several hundred years, and is still the ceremonial and administrative centre of the City of London and its Corporation Date: circa 1890s

© The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans

Kate Rorke - English actress and drama teacher

Kate Rorke (1866-1945), English actress and drama teacher, played Helena in A Midsummer Night'sDream and Sophia Western in Tom Jones'. She became professor of dramatic art at the Guildhall School of Music. Date: 1890

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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