Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1852
Queen Victoria Street
This delicate watercolour depicts Queen Victoria Street looking east with St Paul's Cathedral in the background. The church St Andrew by the Wardrobe is on the right, rebuilt by Christopher Wren in 1695 and again after the Blitz, its plain red exterior contrasts with the stone buildings either side. It can claim William Shakespeare as one of its parishioners while he was working at the Blackfriars Theatre nearby.
Signed John Cleghorn ( 52) it is likely to have been produced in 1852, as this date is consistent with the dress of the figures and the activity taking place on the street. This was a period of intense building of new roads making way for the construction of the Embankmant and the scene is filled with pedestrians and carts circumventing the scaffolding on neighbouring buildings
John Cleghorn (1818-81) was the son of an engraver John Cleghorn senior (1784-1873) and often confused with him.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 79.178
- Object name:
- Queen Victoria Street
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- Artist/Maker:
- Cleghorn, John
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- Production date:
- 1852
- Material:
machine-made wove paper, watercolour, pencil
- Measurements/duration:
- H 278 mm, W 380 mm (paper), H 390 mm, W 500 mm (mount)
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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