Title

'Covent Garden Piazza and Market', c1775. Artist: John Collet

Caption

'Covent Garden Piazza and Market', c1775. View looking west towards the church of St Paul's, Covent Garden. At night, the area attracted patrons of theatres, coffee houses, taverns and brothels. Covent Garden is still famous today for its Opera House, Coliseum and many of London's theatres.
Museum of London

Date

1770

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Museum of London

Reference

HRM19A82_393

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (4,0Mb) / 16,6in x 11,7in / 4990 x 3501 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather exterior skyline sky cloud clouds building buildings London England people crowd busy square religious architecture religion market trade church color colour cloudy crowded Christianity Covent Garden piazza location century concept outside St Paul's 18th century Eighteenth Century City of Westminster Museum of London Covent Garden Market TGN oil John Collet John Collett Collet John Collett John oil