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St Paul’s and Ludgate Hill #London 1887 William Logsdail (Private Collection) #CityofLondon #Art #History

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Piccadilly Circus Underground Station #London cutaway diagram by D Macpherson 1930s and the updated version (London Transport Museum)

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Trafalgar Square #London in the moonlight by Henry Pether 1865 (Museum of London)

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Piccadilly Circus #London in the glow of gaslight George Hyde Pownall 1876-1932 (Private Collection)

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St Paul’s and Ludgate Hill #London 1887 (William Logsdail / Private Collection) ‘Ludgate’ principle gateway to the City Of London, named for King Lud.

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Piccadilly Circus #London in the warm glow of the gaslight by George Hyde Pownall (1876-1943) Private Collection.

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Reflections on the Thames, Westminster, London. (1880) John Atkinson Grimshaw (Private Collection)

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Piccadilly Circus #London by the glow of gaslight George Hyde Pownall 1876-1932 (Private Collection)

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Ludgate Hill and St Paul's Cathedral #London by William Logsdail 1887. (Private Collection)

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‘Tea on the Terrace of the House of Commons Houses of Parliament #Westminster #London (London Pictured By Yoshio Markino 1917)

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The Aldwych #London 1944. A plume from a German V-1 flying bomb known as a ‘doodlebug’ rises into the air as Londoners go about their business unperturbed. ( Westminster City Archives Centre)

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Piccadilly Circus #London by gas light George Hyde Pownall 1876-1932 (Private Collection)

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#London Piccadilly Underground Station cutaway diagram 1930 by D Macpherson ( London Transport Museum)

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Tower Bridge #London at dusk George Hyde Pownall 1876-1932 (Private Collection)

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Piccadilly Circus #London in the warm glow of the gaslight by George Hyde Pownall 1876-1932 (Private Collection)

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St Paul’s and the City of #London from Richmond House (Westminster) 1747 Giovanni Antonio Canal #Canaletto (Private Collection)

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The Haymarket #London by George Hyde Pownall who beautifully captured London by gaslight (1876-1932 Private Collection)

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The saying ‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’ comes from when Henry VIII in 1540 dissolved the Monastery at St Peter’s Abbey Church And had part of the St Peter’s Monastery revenues transferred to benefit St Paul’s Cathedral #London ( #Canaletto /Private Collection Westminster Abbey)

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Greenwich in the moonlight by Henry Pether 1828-1865 ( @NMMGreenwich )

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Piccadilly Circus #London by George Hyde Pownall who beautifully captured London by gaslight (1876-1932 Private Collection)

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St Paul's Cathedral #London from Richmond House by Giovanni Antonio Canal #canaletto 1747 (Private Collection)

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Ludgate Hill and St Paul’s #London (William Logsdail 1884 Private Collection)

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A view up river from #Richmond Hill #London by Francois Vivares 1709-1780 ( @YaleBritishArt

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1794-5 London Bridge, The Monument, The water wheel and the Church of Saint Magnus King and Martyr #London by Joseph Mallard William Turner (1775 - 1851) @Tate

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Trafalgar Square #London in the moonlight Henry Pether 1865 ⁦ @MuseumofLondon ⁩ Northumberland House in silhouette adorned with the ‘Percy Lion’ demolished 1874. #vanishedLondon Nelson Column without Landseer’s Lions, placed in 1867. Admiralty Arch (way to The Mall) 1910.

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Palace of Westminster #London in the light of the moon John Atkinson Grimshaw 1880. Exquisite. (Private collection)

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St Paul’s and Ludgate Hill #London (William Logsdail 1884 - Private Collection)

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Piccadilly Circus #London in the glow of the gaslight. George Hyde Pownall (1876-1932) Private Collection.

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Piccadilly Circus #London in the warm glow of the gaslight. George Hyde Pownall 1876-1943 (Private Collection)

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Westminster #London by Moonlight John Atkinson Grimshaw 1880 ( Private collection)

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Henry Pether master of the moonlight Trafalgar Square #London Love this painting, good night and thank you for RTs & following oldlondonnow

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Piccadilly Circus #London in the warm glow of the gaslight by George Hyde Pownall 1876-1932 (Private Collection)

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The plume of an exploding German flying bomb rises above the Aldwych #London 1944 as Londoners go about their daily business as usual ( Westminster City Archives Centre)

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Greenwich #Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich Reach #Thames #London in the moonlight ( Henry Pether 1828-1865 ⁦ @NMMGreenwich ⁩ ) Origin of the name Greenwich is believed to be from the old Anglo Saxon ‘green port’.

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Knightsbridge #London 1898 (takes its name from knight's fighting to the death on a bridge over the River Westbourne) postcard dated Aug 9th

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Trafalgar Square #London in the moonlight 1865 by Henry Pether ( Museum of London)

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Piccadilly Circus #London Underground station cutaway diagram drawn by D Macpherson 1930s. (London Transport museum)

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John Atkinson Grimshaw #Westminster #London in the moonlight 1880 ( Bridgeman Art Library)

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It is so sad to see these two brothers estranged, two brothers who were once inseparable, two brothers who suffered together and found strength through their suffering in togetherness as brothers following the tragic death of their loving mother.

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The Wren Churches of the City of London 1806-7 taken from the 'Rheinbeck' Panorama of London found in a New York attic 1941. Purchased at auction by the @MuseumofLondon supported by @artfund for the people of London. (Museum of London)

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Piccadilly Circus Underground Station #London cutaway diagram by D Macpherson 1930s ( London Transport Museum

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Lambeth Palace #London in the moonlight by Henry Pether 1858 ( @YaleBritishArt )

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Piccadilly Circus Underground Station #London Cutaway diagram updated by Gavin Dunn in 1989. ( London Transport Museum Covent Garden)

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The Haymarket #London in the glow of the gas light's George Hyde Pownall 1910 (Private collection)

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The Haymarket #London in the glow of gaslight George Hyde Pownall 1876-1932 (Private Collection)

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Gothic Tower Bridge #London at Dusk by George Hyde Pownall 1876-1932 (Private Collection)

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The Gothic splendour of Tower Bridge #London captured at dusk by George Hyde Pownall (1876-1932) (Private Collection)

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#Canaletto glorious St Paul's #London 1754 {the 4th Cathedral since 604AD. Built on the site of a Roman Temple to Diana} @YaleBritishArt

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#Westminster Abbey Church of St Peter #Canaletto , he frequented #London during 1746-55 (Private Collection) zoom to marvel at the detail

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Temple Bar Fleet Street #London Shepherd 1792-1864.Temple Bar marked the boundary of the City up to removal 1878

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St Paul's Cathedral #London In the #Blitz "...Then a wind sprang up. suddenly, the shining Cross, dome and towers stood out like a symbol in the inferno. In that moment or two I released my shutter" Herbert Mason Daily Mail December 1940

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#Westminster environs #London balloon view 1884 by William Lionel Whyllie published in the Graphic magazine (British Library)

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City of #London painted before the Great Fire (Chatsworth Collection) showing Old London Bridge & Old Saint Paul's Cathedral

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Fleet Street #London 1944 Londoners go about their business while in the background a plume of dust and smoke rises from the Aldwych as a deadly German V1 flying bomb ‘Doodlebug’ explodes. (Westminster City Archives Centre)

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Holborn Circus looking East to the City of #London 1870s by Arthur Croft (1828-1893) The Equestrian Statue is of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha consort to Queen Victoria raising his hat to the City father’s. ( @LdnMetArchives )

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Palace of #Westminster Victoria Tower designed by Augustus Pugin shortly after its completion from the narrow streets of #Millbank #London In 1855 this was the tallest square tower in the world standing 396 ft to the top of the Crown on the flagstaff. ( @LdnMetArchives )

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Lambeth Palace #London in the moonlight 1858 (Henry Pether ⁦ @YaleBritishArt ⁩ )

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#London Bridge on a quiet morning in 1918, this is Sir John Rennie’s bridge opened in 1831 and sold to an American oil billionaire in the 1960’s and relocated stone by stone to Lake Havasu in the Arizona Desert. Present Bridge opened 1972 ( London Transport Museum)

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St Martin-in-the-Fields London 1888. William Logsdail RA 1859-1944 (⁦ @Tate ⁩ )

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Tower Bridge #London stands ready for the official opening ceremony by the Prince and Princess of Wales - 30th June 1894 ( @LdnMetArchives )

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Thorney Island #London where the River Tyburn forked along ditches to the Thames. Island home to the Palace of Westminster, Abbey Church of St Peter& environs c1531 recreated by Drake Brookshaw (Guildhall) The Abbey Mill Wheel turned by the River Tyburn gives Millbank it’s name

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St James Street #London John Atkinson Grimshaw 1836-1893 (Private Collection) Painted in the 1880s. Left the old Conservative Club. On the right shopfronts of Lock & Co Hatters, Berry Brothers and Rudd Wine & Spirit Merchants and John Lobb Bootmaker all trading today.

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Thorney Island where the Tyburn River forked to the Thames, Palace of #Westminster #London c1531 recreated by Artist Drake Brookshaw

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Trafalgar Square #London in 1865 ( Henry Pether 1800-1880 ⁦ @MuseumofLondon ⁩ ) Look closely at the base of Nelson’s Column as there are no Lions, they were placed in position 1868. Left - Silhouette of Northumberland House adorned by the Percy Lion (demolished 1874.)

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#Westminster #London Houses of Parliament in the moonlight by Henry Pether 1858 ( @GovArtCol )

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Piccadilly Circus Underground Station #London cutaway diagram by Gavin Dunn 1989 for London Underground (London Transport Museum)

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This Plaque marks the official centre of #London , you can find it inset into the ground immediately behind King Charles I Equestrian Statue at the Trafalgar Square end of Whitehall. #LondonHistoryDay

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St Paul’s Cathedral #London 1921 #Aerofilms #Britainfromabove @HistoricEngland

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Covent Garden #London 1726 (Pieter Angillis c1726 Yale Center for British Art Paul Mellon Collection. In the background St Paul’s Church by Inigo Jones 1633 the first new Anglican Church in London since the Reformation.

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#London #Westminster balloon view by William Lionel Whyllie published in the Graphic magazine 1884 ( British Library)

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Next time you are in Parliament Square, stop, look around you and try to imagine Thorney Island Westminster #London in 1532 the River Tyburn shimmering in the sun flowing to the Thames. (Westminster recreated by Drake Brookshaw after Henderson (Westminster City Archive Centre)

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Piccadilly Circus by night George Hyde Pownall 1876-1932 (private collection) Thank you all for following oldlondonnow and for your retweets

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Trafalgar Square #London looking towards Whitehall in the moonlight by Henry Pether 1865. (Museum of London)

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Palace of Westminster #London ⁦ @UKParliament ⁩ in the moonlight. John Atkinson Grimshaw 1880 (Private Collection)

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The Crystal Palace #London Great Exhibition of 1851 @britishmuseum

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The Empire Leicester Square #London in the glow of the gaslight by George Hyde Pownall 1876-1932 (Private Collection)

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St Paul’s Cathedral #London 1754 Giovanni Antonio Canal Canaletto ( ⁦ @YaleBritishArt ⁩ “I build for eternity” Christopher Wren.

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Palace of #Westminster #London from Lambeth Bridge 1862. The River wharves are long gone and replaced by Victoria Tower Gardens (postcard)

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Tower of London and the City 1806-7 ('Rhinebeck Panorama of London ') A balloon view, it was found stuffed inside a barrel in a New York attic 1941. Purchased at auction for #London by @MuseumofLondon with financial support from the @artfund

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Greenwich Hospital #London in the moonlight Henry Pether ( c1854 - 1865 ⁦ @NMMGreenwich ⁩ ) Exquisite.

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Fleet Street at sunset 1887 #London Tower of St Dunstan in the West on the Right. Unknown Artist. ( @LdnMetArchives )

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Next time you visit Buckingham Palace #London stop at the centre gates and picture this 1747 view of The Mall from Buckingham House. ( N Parr ⁦ @YaleBritishArt ⁩ )

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Trafalgar Square #London by master of the moonlight Henry Pether 1865 (Museum of London)

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#London Fleet Street 1944, ( looking towards the Royal Courts of Justice) in the distance a plume of smoke from a German V-1 Flying Bomb rises above the Aldwych. Londoners go about their business unperturbed. ( WestminsterCity Archives Centre)

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Victoria Embankment #London 1874 ( John O’Connor Private Collections) Grenadier Guards marching to the Tower of London along the newly opened Victoria Embankment. There’s gas works near St Paul’s and industrial Chimney Stacks on the City of London horizon. Beautiful painting.

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Old London Bridge a drawing by Canaletto 1746-1755 (British Museum)

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London Bridge and the City of London 50 years before the Great Fire R. Martin lithograph after Claus Jansz Visscher @YaleBritishArt

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London Piccadilly Circus Underground Station cutaway 1930 by D Macpherson & the commissioned updated version ( C. London Transport Museum)

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Trafalgar Square #London looking towards #Whitehall in the moonlight 1865 by Henry Pether @MuseumofLondon

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St Mary's Church by the entrance to Somerset House from the Strand #London / Thomas Bowles 1712-53 @YaleBritishArt

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St Paul's from Ludgate Hill #London Thomas Shotter Boys 1842 from the fabulous online 'Public Domain' historical images @YaleBritishArt

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Golden Cross coaching hotel & Inn Charing Cross #London (1750) (where Nelson’s Column stands in Trafalgar Square) Mr Pickwick had his encounter with the cab man here in ‘The Pickwick Papers’ #CharlesDickens Charles I Statue is in the same position today. (Old &New London 1878)

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Lambeth Palace #London in the moonlight Henry Pether 1858 (⁦ @YaleBritishArt ⁩ )

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Trafalgar Square #London by the master of moonlight Henry Pether 1828-65 ( Museum of London)

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Thorney Island #Westminster #London Palace of Westminster and the Abbey environs c1537. A bird’s eye view of where the River Tyburn forked to the Thames by Drake Brookshaw after Henderson (Westminster City Archives Centre)

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The Portico St Martin in the Fields church Trafalgar Square #London 1862 by William Henry Hunt. (Yale Center for British Art)

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#London Tower Bridge bascule's raised at dusk. George Hyde Pownall 1876-1932 (Private Collection)

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#London 1610 (John Norden via the excellent ⁦ @LdnMetArchives ⁩ ) Hyde Park & Marylebone Park (The Regent’s Park) fenced Royal hunting grounds. James I was King, his eldest son Henry ‘the light of England’ died young, as fate would have it Charles I his brother would be King

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#Tudor #London the old Palace of #Westminster in the reign of King Henry VIII recreated by WH Brewer ( ⁦ @UKParliament ⁩ copyright licence v3.0) Centre front the turrets of St Stephens Chapel - House of Commons. Top right Richard III Gateway ( where Storey’s Gate is now)

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Rhinebeck's 1806-7 Panorama of #London found in a New York attic & purchased at auction for Londoner's by @MuseumofLondon & @artfund

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