Title

General Post Office, London, 1829. Artist: CJ Emblem

Caption

View of the Old General Post Office, London, 1829, on the east side of St Martin's le Grand, St Paul's Cathedral and the Bull and Mouth Inn. In the right foreground a man stands holding a sign saying 'coaches to all parts of the kingdom' and the street is bustling with the arrival and departure of stage coaches.

Date

1829

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19A90_404

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (4,9Mb) / 18,8in x 10,3in / 5640 x 3095 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior road building buildings England communications religious street religion pub post mail public house cathedral church lane avenue Christianity inn telecommunications location st pauls cathedral century city of london outside telecommunication B&W tavern MONOCHROME post office postal service 19th century St Paul's Cathedral black & white black and white B W nineteenth century St. Paul's Cathedral Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Old General Post Office St Martin's le Grand street life TGN engraving Thomas Allom;Allom Thomas;T Allom CJ Emblem Emblem CJ