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Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: St Dunstans, Stepney

St Dunstans, Stepney
Engaving depicting Dunstans church in Stepney from a view taken in 1803. It is known as The mother church of the East End. Date: 1803

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: All Hallows the Great

All Hallows the Great
All-Hallows-the-Great was a church in the City of London, located on what is now Upper Thames Street, first mentioned in 1235

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: St Johns Gate Clerkenwell

St Johns Gate Clerkenwell
St Johns Gate, in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, now within central London, is one of the few tangible remains from Clerkenwells monastic past

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Fish shop

Fish shop
The old fish shop owned by Short & Son by Temple Bar. 1846. Date: 1846

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Anthropomorphic Humour

Anthropomorphic Humour
The Cats Academy series. The Cats at home at mealtime. Artist: Louis Wain Date: 1903

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Clerkenwell Prison

Clerkenwell Prison
Engaving depicting the old House of Detention, Clerkenwell. Clerkenwell (old) Prison, also known as the Clerkenwell House of Detention or Middlesex House of Detention, was a prison in Clerkenwell

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Essex water gate

Essex water gate, Essex Street, Strand. The water gate to old Essex House which once gave access by water to the house from the River Thames

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Chantry of Henry V

Chantry of Henry V
An elaborately carved chantry chapel in Westminster Abbey was built above between 1437 and 1450

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Scottish National church

Scottish National church
Crown Court Church was established near Covent Garden in 1711, but extensively rebuilt in 1909 on the same site. The church is named after a small courtyard adjacent to its location

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Drury Lane Theatre

Drury Lane Theatre
View of the front of Drury Lane Theatre. This, the third theatre was designed by Henry Holland and opened in March 1794

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Peony Flower Faces

Peony Flower Faces
Easter wishes. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Artist: Irene Marcellus. Date: circa 1908

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Camellia Flower Faces

Camellia Flower Faces
Easter wishes. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Artist: Irene Marcellus. Date: circa 1908

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Tom Davies bookseller

Tom Davies bookseller
Thomas Davies bookshop in Russell Street. Tom Davies, bookseller, actor and author and friend of Boswell and Johnson, who amongst other works wrote The Life of Garrick (1780)

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Buttercup Flower Faces

Buttercup Flower Faces
Easter wishes. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Artist: Irene Marcellus. Date: circa 1908

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Woman Cycling

Woman Cycling
The Cycling Girl. A young Edwardian enjoying the countryside on her bicycle. Artist: JM Flagg. Date: circa 1904

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Elizabeth Brownrigg

Elizabeth Brownrigg (1720-1767) was an 18th-century English murderer. Her victim, Mary Clifford, was one of her domestic servants, who died from cumulative injuries and associated infected wounds

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: New River Head

New River Head
In 1609 a scheme to bring much needed water into London from wells in Hertfordshire was designed by a Mr Hugh Myddleton. His plan was to end his New River just below the summit of Islington Hill

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Sign of the Mischief

Sign of the Mischief
The Mischief Inn used to be situated on the south side of Oxford Street, London. Its sign depicted a man and his drunk shrewish wife, two apes, a pig and suspicious looking gin shops and pawnbrokers

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Theatre, Portugal Street

Theatre, Portugal Street
A theatre has occupied this site for centuries and still does today

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Lord North

Lord North
Portrait of Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC, better known by his courtesy title Lord North, which he used from 1752 to 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Fleet Prison - Wedding

Fleet Prison - Wedding
A wedding in the Fleet. From an 18th century print. Date: 18th century

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: St Stephens crypt

St Stephens crypt
Although St Stephens Chapel was destroyed by fire in 1834, the crypt below St Stephens Hall, the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft, which had fallen into disuse before the fire

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Boswell Court

Boswell Court
View of Boswell Court, London. One of several courts and alleyways demolished in the 1860s to make way for the building of the Royal Courts of Justice

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: St Stephens Chapel

St Stephens Chapel was a chapel in the old Palace of Westminster which served as the chamber of the House of Commons of England and that of Great Britain from 1547 to 1834

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Serles Place

Serles Place
View of Serles Place, London, near St Clement Danes Church. The street was built in the 17th century and demolished in 1866

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Court of Pie-poudre

Court of Pie-poudre
A special court that sat in times of public markets or fairs in England in medieval times, with exclusive jurisdiction over disputes between merchants and consumers

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Foreign Office

Foreign Office
The main Foreign Office building is in King Charles Street, London. It was built by George Gilbert Scott in partnership with Matthew Digby Wyatt. From 1861. Date: 1861

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Islington in 1780

Islington in 1780
Engaving depicting rural Islington in 1780. Date: 1780

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Dr Johnsons pew

Dr Johnsons pew in St Clements church

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: London School Board

London School Board
LSB offices on the Thames Embankment, London. circa 1870. Between 1870 and 1904, the LSB was the single largest educational provider in London and the infrastructure

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Old Whitehall Palace

Old Whitehall Palace was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when most of its structures, except for Inigo Joness Banqueting House of 1622, were destroyed by fire

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: The Whistling Oyster

The Whistling Oyster
A tavern in Vinegar Yard, Covent Garden made famous by the design of its signboard

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Queen Annes bath

Queen Annes bath was once a public bath situated in Old Belton Street between St Giles and Long Acre and fed from a spring in Highgate

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Water cistern in the Strand

Water cistern in the Strand
The Strand Lane Baths, at 5 Strand Lane, London WC2R 2NA, have been reputed since the 1830s to be a Roman survival. In fact they are the remaining portion of a cistern built in 1612 to feed a

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Lincolns Inn chapel

Lincolns Inn chapel
The chapel was built between 1620 and 1623 by Inigo Jones, and was extensively rebuilt in 1797 and again in 1883. Other repairs took place in 1685, after the consultation of Christopher Wren

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Pink (Iris) Flower Faces

Pink (Iris) Flower Faces
Birthday wishes. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Artist: Irene Marcellus. Date: circa 1908

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: White Flower Faces

White Flower Faces
Birthday wishes. Childrens faces in flowers were very popular at the turn of the 20th century. Artist: Irene Marcellus. Date: circa 1908

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Marquis Yamagata Aritomo

Marquis Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo (1838-1922)was a Japanese field marshal, twice-elected Prime Minister of Japan, and a leading member of the genro

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Admiral Yamarnatos Ito

Admiral Yamarnatos Ito
Yamarnatos Ito (1868-1912) was Marine minister for Japan during the late Meiji Era (1868-1912). He commanded the Japanese Navy in the successful Russo-Japanese War (1904-5). Date: 1903

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: General Hisaichi Terauchi

General Hisaichi Terauchi
Hisaichi Terauchi (1879-1946) was a Gensui (or Field Marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army, commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group during World War II, and a war criminal. Date: 1903

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Viscount Katsura Taro

Viscount Katsura Taro
Katsura Taro (1848-1913) was a Japanese general within the Imperial Japanese Army, and a politician who is the second-longest serving prime minister of Japan

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Aboriginal Children

Aboriginal Children
Young boy tasting his girls pie. Hilda Dix Sandford illustrated these children on a visit to Australia circa 1908. Date: circa 1908

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Surgeons Hall

Surgeons Hall
The Company of Surgeons moved from Surgeons Hall in Old Bailey to a site at 41 Lincolns Inn Fields in 1797. Construction of the first College building, to a design by George Dance the Younger

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Saracens Head, Snow Hill

Saracens Head, Snow Hill
The Saracens Head, Snow Hill. From a sketch taken during its demolition in 1863. It was a celebrated tavern and coaching establishment, which stood on the north side of Snow Hill, without Newgate

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Old Church of St James Clerkenwell

Old Church of St James Clerkenwell

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Charterhouse

Charterhouse
Birds eye view of the old Charterhouse. The London Charterhouse is a historic complex of buildings in Smithfield, London, dating back to the 14th century

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: St Bartholomew-the-Great

St Bartholomew-the-Great
Engaving depicting St Bartholomew-the-Great in 1737. The Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, is a medieval church in Smithfield within the City of London

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Spa Fields Chapel

Spa Fields Chapel
Engaving depicting Spa Fields Chapel in 1781. Spa Fields Chapel, erected in 1777, was one of many founded by Selina Hastings, the Countess of Huntingdon

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Old Queens Head Tavern Islington

Old Queens Head Tavern Islington
Engaving depicting the old Queens Head Tavern, Islington. It was situated at the corner of Queens Head Lane, but was demolished in 1829

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: The Old Post Office

The Old Post Office
The old Post Office in Lombard Street. 1800. Date: 1800

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Enlarging lantern advertisement 1905

Enlarging lantern advertisement 1905
Advertisement from W.Butcher and Sons camera house based in London, England. The advert promotes 3 different enlargers for creating photographic prints. 1905

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Fleet Prison - Exterior

Fleet Prison - Exterior

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Tothill Street, Westminster

Tothill Street, Westminster
Old properties in Tothill Street, Westminster. circa 1750 Date: circa 1750

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Westminster School

Westminster School
The old dormitary at Westminster School in 1840. Date: 1840

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Wax figures in the Abbey

Wax figures in the Abbey
The effigies - life-sized figures made of wax and wood, and lavishly dressed in robes and jewels - were often carried during funeral processions

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Tomb of Henry III

Tomb of Henry III
Tomb of King Henry III in Westminster Abbey

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Henry VIIs chapel

Henry VIIs chapel
The Henry VII Lady Chapel, or just the Henry VII Chapel, is a large Lady Chapel at the far eastern end of Westminster Abbey, paid for by the will of King Henry VII

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Handels monument

Handels monument
George Frederic Handel (1685-1759). His monument in Westminster Abbey

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Coldbath House

Coldbath House. From a view published in 1811. Now demolished, it was a privately run hydropathic establishment opened around 1700

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Tomb of Edward the Confessor

Tomb of Edward the Confessor
The tomb of Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Boys and Girls

Boys and Girls
Five young boys in a line in their red jackets with riding crops. Artist: Hilda Dix Stanford. Date: circa 1908

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: View of Westminster

View of Westminster from Whitehall, from a view published by Smith, 1807. Date: 1807

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Regency Children

Regency Children
Bessies Bun. Symmetrical group of young boys in their Regency costumes keep their eyes on Bessie and her Bun. Artist: Hilda Dix Sandford. Date: circa 1908

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Holbein Gateway

Holbein Gateway
The Holbein Gate was a monumental gateway across Whitehall in Westminster, constructed in 1531-32 in the English Gothic style. It was demolished in 1759

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Whitehall Yard

Whitehall Yard from the street opposite the Horse Guards. The house of Lord Cathcart, a Scottish soldier and diplomat, is on the left

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: United Services Museum

United Services Museum
In its day the Royal United Services Museum was regarded as the biggest and most important in the country, apart from the British Museum

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Frost on the Thames

Frost on the Thames
The winter of 1814 is renowned as being one of the coldest in history. In London, the Thames froze over and near Blackfriars Bridge the ice was thick enough to carry the weight of an elephant

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Whitehall Gardens

Whitehall Gardens from the river Thames

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Bull & Mouth Inn

Bull & Mouth Inn
The yard of the Bull and mouth inn in St Martins-le-Grand. It was one of 20 inns in the City, that used to 51 coaches and a 700 underground horse stables and was demolished in 1888

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Carpenters Company

Carpenters Company
The garden and facade of the hall of the Carpenters company. 1870. Date: 1870

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Macklins house

Macklins house
The last residence of Charles Macklin, noted comedian and centenarian who died here in 1797

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Great Queen Street

Great Queen Street
View of old houses in Great Queen Street, south side. circa 1850. Date: circa 1850

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: St Giles gateway

St Giles gateway
The gateway to St Giles in the Fields

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: The Rookery, St Giles

The Rookery, St Giles
Victorian montage. The rookery stood between New Oxford Street and Seven Dials, near where Centre Point stands today. It was of one of the worst slums in Britain, a site of overcrowding and squalor

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: St Ethelburgas Church

St Ethelburgas Church
Engaving depicting St Ethelburgas church in Bishopsgate, one of the longest surviving churches in the City of London

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: St Annes church, Soho

St Annes church, Soho
St Annes church was consecrated in 1686 by Bishop Henry Compton as the parish church of the new civil and ecclesiastical parish of St Anne, created from part of the parish of St Martin in the Fields

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: King Theodores monument

King Theodores monument
Theodore I of Corsica (born Theodor Stephan Freiherr von Neuhoff) was buried in the graveyard of St Annes Church, Soho in central London

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Hogarths house

Hogarths house
Statue of George I opposite Hogarths house in Leicester Square, London. 1790. Date: 1790

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Royal Academy

Royal Academy
The first home of the Royal Academy in Pall Mall, London. circa 1740. Date: circa 1740

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: London buildings

London buildings
Victorian montage of prominent London buildings - Westminster Abbey, Temple Bar, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Northumberland House staircase

Northumberland House staircase
The staircase in Northumberland House, home of the Earl of Northumberland until it was demolished in 1866

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Bedford Head tavern

Bedford Head tavern
The old Bedford Head Tavern, a once celebrated eating house in Southampton Street, London, frequented by Horace Walpole

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Old Adelphi Theatre

Old Adelphi Theatre
The old Adelphi Theatre demolished in 1858

Background imageImages Dated 29th May 2020: Ivy Bridge Lane

Ivy Bridge Lane
An alley (long demolished) leading from the Strand to the Ivy Bridge or pier on the River Thames, a drop-off point for river passengers



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