London (Volume II) (page 1/2)

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Milton at the age of 19

A woodcut of the teenaged boy Milton, the famous poet, when he was nineteen years old. I’m sure I didn’t have such a frilly neck as a boy. [$]

Old College, Warwick Lane, London

Here we see a cobbled city street, narrow by modern standards, dominated by an octagonal domed building in the background with a tall neoclassical entrance with pillars on either side. In the left foreground a shop sign appears to say “PAIN” and, beneath it, “Meat commission salesman”. On the right is the “Bell Inn” which no longer [...] [more...] [$]

Priot Bolton’s Garden-house at Canonbury

From the house we pass to the lawn, which is terminated by a wall with a raised and embowered terrace, from which we look over on the other side to the kitchen-garden, the New River, and thence onwards towards London. At each extremity of this wall is an octagonal garden-house, built by Prior Bolton—the one to the left having a [...] [more...] [$]

Houses of Parliament from the River, temp Charles II.

The Houses of Parliament in Westminster, in the time of King Charles II, so between (roughly) 1650 and 1685; this is of course long before th 19th century changes, and before Big Ben was built. [more...] [$]

Portrait of Sir Christopher Wren

This black and white engraving appears to be based on the 1711 “Kit-cat” of “Kit-kat” portrait in oils of Sir Christopher Wren by Godfrey Kneller; these portraits show the upper half of the subject, including the hands. The name Kit-cat derives from the Kit-Cat Club of Richmond, London: the ceiling wasn’t high enough for [...] [more...] [$]