Paintings, Prints & Drawings
The art collection consists of around 25,000 paintings, prints and drawings showcasing a visual encyclopedia of London.
Blogs-And-Stories
What was the Cheapside Cross?
A monument to a queen – and a point of religious conflict
What were London’s turnpikes?
In the 1700s and 1800s, travelling on London’s main roads came with a cost
The Rhinebeck Panorama: A game-changing view
Found in a barrel in 1941, this vast panorama shows the awesome spread of London in 1806
The Prévost Panorama: See London in 1815
An epic six-metre-long painting shows us a very different view from Westminster
A panoramic history of London
These artworks stretched the limits of perspective to show London in all its glory
Hailing the history of London’s black cabs
The must-have knowledge on the city’s iconic taxis
The 7/7 London bombings, 2005
On 7 July 2005, 52 people were killed by terrorists targeting London’s transport network
A thousand years of Billingsgate Market
The prize catch of London’s fish trade, home to a unique culture and generations of working history
The Cato Street Conspiracy: A failed revolution
This 1820 plot to kill the cabinet ended at the Newgate Prison gallows
Borough Market: London's oldest food-trading hub
Borough Market has drawn food enthusiasts to its stalls for around a thousand years
